Mending walls : historical, socio-political, economic, and geographical perspectives / edited by Richard A. Diem, Michael J. Berson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diem, Richard A., editor.

Berson, Michael J., editor.

Social Science Education Consortium, organizing body.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

International social studies forum, the series

International social studies forum

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civics--Study and teaching--Research.

Civics.

Civics--Study and teaching--Case studies.

Civics--Study and teaching.

Research.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2017]

Contents:

Social studies in Germany : a comparative view / Carole L. Hahn

Studies in a socialist democracy with Chinese characteristics : a travelogue with four lesson observation reports / Tilman Grammes

The Beutelsbach consensus / Sibylle Reinhardt

The global citizenship debate : cosmopolitanism, patriotism, and expanding definitions / Shane Pisani

The kids are starting to get an understanding of themselves as citizens : increasing elementary school students' civic proficiency through perspective-taking / William Toledo

"Bearing with strangers" in democratic education : understanding through conflict and forgiveness / Jane C. Lo

Schools into the breach : how nations use formal and informal education to dismantle or erect political and social walls / Charles S. White

Uncovering lost voices : African American involvement in the liberation of concentration camps during the Holocaust / Gregory Samuels

Dismantling walls and rebuilding our sense of place : contemporary flaneurs reflecting on Holocaust remembrance in Berlin / Michael J. Berson and Ilene R. Berson

The Nanjing safety zone : the dilemma of creating a protective wall / Jing Williams and Mary Johnson

Insights from india : learning about culture through photos and journal writing / Crista K. Banks

Deconstructing otherness : social studies teachers' discursive representations of middle eastern populations / Daniel Osborn

Shattering the persisting walls between both ability and disability and homogeneity and diversity in schools and society : shifting the focus from differences to sameness / Christy Hammer and Susan Gately

Disrupting spaces for education policymaking and activism / Sarah Diem and Anjalé D. Welton

SSEC on Berlin 2016 : a summation and reflection / Murry Nelson.

Notes:

Papers originally presented at the 2016 Social Science Education Consortium international conference held in Berlin, Germany in June, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Mending walls

ISBN:

9781681238319

1681238314

9781681238326

1681238322

OCLC:

980805662

Publisher Number:

99973721471