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ERIC Number: EJ1388444
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1085-3545
EISSN: EISSN-2164-7992
Learning from Literature and Legality: Supreme Court Cases and Young Adult Literature in a Social Foundations of Education Course
Miller, Cody
Democracy & Education, v31 n1 Article 2 2023
In this article, I detail how I revised a social foundations of education course to center major Supreme Court cases relating to K-12 public schools. Scholars in social foundations of education have articulated a vision for the field that fosters and promotes democracy and democratic dispositions. Focusing on the Supreme Court in a social foundations of education course is the result of two factors. First is the Supreme Court's storied role in shaping K-12 public education. Second is the Supreme Court's increasingly steep lurch toward antidemocratic jurisprudence, which many legal scholars and journalists covering the judicial branch are raising alarm over. Specifically, I paired 10 consequential Supreme Court cases relating to K-12 education identified by education lawyer Robert Kim with young adult literature. I demonstrate how and why I used young adult literature to illuminate how the law impacts the "lives of ordinary people," especially people within schools.
Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling. 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road MSC 93, Portland, OR 97219. Tel: 503-768-6054; Fax: 503-768-6053; e-mail: journal@lclark.edu; Web site: http://democracyeducationjournal.org/home
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Davis v Monroe County Board of Education; Doe v Plyler; Parents Involved in Community Schools v Seattle School District No 1; Endrew F v Douglas County School District; Rodriguez v San Antonio Independent School District; Lau v Nichols; Tinker v Des Moines Independent School District; Lee v Weisman; Goss v Lopez
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