
Making Our Classrooms Democratic: Influences and Methods in Teaching Current Events
Presenter(s)
Matthew Kolsti
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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
Recommended Citation
"Making Our Classrooms Democratic: Influences and Methods in Teaching Current Events" (2025). Stander Symposium Projects. 3941.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/3941

Comments
1:15-2:30, Kennedy Union Ballroom