Making Our Classrooms Democratic: Influences and Methods in Teaching Current Events

Making Our Classrooms Democratic: Influences and Methods in Teaching Current Events

Presenter(s)

Matthew Kolsti

Comments

1:15-2:30, Kennedy Union Ballroom

Description

This literature review examines factors that influence how current events, especially contentious topics, are taught in high schools as well as methods that are used by teachers to team them. It was found that political situations and culture wars can influence curricula, and that teachers and administrators choose to comply or resist. This research suggests that various ideologies influence the methods each teacher uses in the classroom to teach controversial subject matter.

Publication Date

4-23-2025

Project Designation

Course Project - EDT 110 01

Primary Advisor

Vanessa G. Winn

Primary Advisor's Department

Teacher Education

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Education and Health Sciences

Institutional Learning Goals

Scholarship; Critical Evaluation of Our Times; Diversity

Making Our Classrooms Democratic: Influences and Methods in Teaching Current Events

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