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Hughes, Ryan E.; Journell, Wayne – Social Studies, 2023
In this study, we investigate how a third-grade teacher enacted controversial issues discussion about the use of Indigenous people as sports mascots. We highlight how the teacher supported eight students' sensemaking about the issue during small-group instruction. We provide suggestions for controversial issues teaching in elementary social…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion, Elementary School Students, Social Studies
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Tian, Zhongfeng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
In response to a growing call for developing flexible, multilingual spaces in dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs, this paper explored how [Sánchez, M. T., O. García, and C. Solorza. 2018. "Reframing Language Allocation Policy in Dual Language Bilingual Education." Bilingual Research Journal 41 (1): 37-51.] translanguaging…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Babini, Kathleen Callanan – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Public schools stress the need for students to become informed and engaged citizens, however social studies instruction is becoming marginalized in many elementary schools today, the very area where they learn citizenship and about the world around them. This study seeks to: understand the reason for the loss of instructional time for social…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation