The Representation and Mediation of Religion in Social Studies Classrooms and Textbooks
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Maryam Razvi Padela
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Curry, Mary Jane
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University of Rochester
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2018
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
170
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Text of Note
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-98543-6
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ed.D.
Body granting the degree
University of Rochester
Text preceding or following the note
2018
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Religion plays an important role in contemporary American society. Indeed, religious overtones are present in many of our official rituals like the swearing in of presidents down to the classroom practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance which clearly intones God. The social studies textbook is central to school-based teachings about religion. In an increasingly pluralistic environment in the United States (U.S.), it is imperative to examine the role that schools and educational resources, namely textbooks, play in teaching young people about societal understandings of various religions. Existing research on social studies teaching and learning about religion generally focuses on researchers' interpretations of how religions are represented in social studies textbooks. There is a paucity of feedback from the textbooks' main users-teachers and students-to examine how the texts are involved in classroom learning.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Pedagogy; Secondary education
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Education;Christianity;Classrooms;Islam;Judaism;Social Studies;Textbooks