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Papers by Diana Hess

New Directions for Higher Education, 2010

Teaching university students through discussing controversial issues has the potential to build c... more Teaching university students through discussing controversial issues has the potential to build civic capacity and political tolerance.

This is a data set and summary analysis of US state social studies academic standards for how the... more This is a data set and summary analysis of US state social studies academic standards for how they include the events related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the US, the resulting Global War on Terror, and more general standards related to terrorism. This updated data set was completed with standards published by June 2017 and is an updated data set to the data set released in 2011 (https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED536248).September 11th Education Trus

WHEN I WAS TEACHING high school social studies I frequently invited political office holders, can... more WHEN I WAS TEACHING high school social studies I frequently invited political office holders, candidates, and political activists to speak to my classes. Exposing students to people working directly in the political system, I reasoned, would not only help my students learn more about democracy but it would help them critically evaluate its successes and failures. I also hoped it would enhance their interest in political and civic engagement and make it more likely that they would actually do something politically themselves. So I worked hard to set up visits by local, state, and federal office holders, their staff members, and political activists, such as lobbyists for interest and reform groups. During election years, I also invited candidates to speak to my students. Before the visits, I always explained the course and described the students to the guest speaker. I also made sure students knew who was coming in to class, why and that they had an opportunity, (or were required) to ...

EJ751132 - Should Intelligent Design Be Taught in Social Studies Courses?.

Handbook of Research on Civic Engagement in Youth, 2010

S cholars and policy-makers in the past decade have come to recognize the positive influences of ... more S cholars and policy-makers in the past decade have come to recognize the positive influences of education and communication on youth socialization into public life, that is, the learning of civic and political practices that have implications for societal and democratic functioning. Reexamination of evidence from older studies and the results of new research have demonstrated the benefits of attaining higher levels of education, taking civics courses, participating in public-spirited school activities, as well as consuming news media and ...

Journal of curriculum and supervision, 2002

EJ648745 - How High School Students Experience and Learn from the Discussion of Controversial Pub... more EJ648745 - How High School Students Experience and Learn from the Discussion of Controversial Public Issues.

 This Fact Sheet reports findings from an ongoing study of the representation of 9/11 and terror... more  This Fact Sheet reports findings from an ongoing study of the representation of 9/11 and terrorism in curricula, textbooks, and state standards documents. The study was conducted in three stages. The first two stages focused on how supplemental curricula and best-selling social studies textbooks published between 2002-2010 present the events of 9/11 and their aftermath to secondary school students. In 2011, a third stage of the study was added. This stage extended the previous ones by including an analysis of whether and how terrorism, 9/11, and related content are included in the 49 standards documents that have been revised since 2001. The findings from the supplemental curriculum and textbook phases of the study have been published in numerous places. Here we provide a brief overview of the earlier findings. We then focus on the initial findings from the third stage of the study: an analysis of the standards documents. 1 Also in the Appendix, please find a supplemental document on state standards for HS / United States History and the Constitution USHC-8 The student will demonstrate an understanding of developments in foreign policy and economics that have taken place in the United States since the fall of the Soviet Union and its satellite states in 1992.  8.6 Summarize America's role in the changing world, including the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the expansion of the European Union, the continuing crisis in the Middle East, and the rise of global terrorism.

Engaging Young People in Civic Life

In the" Bong hits for Jesus" case (Morse v. Frederick, 2007), the US Supreme Court just... more In the" Bong hits for Jesus" case (Morse v. Frederick, 2007), the US Supreme Court justices wrestled with the question of whether their traditional, albeit muted, support for the free speech rights of students in public schools should be curtailed if the" speech" uttered by a ...

The Wiley Handbook of Social Studies Research, 2017

Teachers College Record, Sep 1, 2005

The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka holds an esteemed position in the secondary sch... more The case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka holds an esteemed position in the secondary school curriculum. Given prominent attention in virtually all social studies textbooks and included in more state standards documents than any other Supreme Court ...

Social Education, 1997

Abstract: Profiles three programs that incorporate service learning into efforts to reduce violen... more Abstract: Profiles three programs that incorporate service learning into efforts to reduce violence. Extrapolates a set of criteria for developing similar programs. These include meaningful activities, skill-based instruction, recognition of student effort and clear ...

Educational Studies, 2015

Social Education, Sep 1, 2007

... 4. More detailed descriptions of our findings will be available in Diana Hess, Jeremy Stoddar... more ... 4. More detailed descriptions of our findings will be available in Diana Hess, Jeremy Stoddard, and Shannon Murto, Examining the Treatment of 9/11 and Terrorism in High School Textbooks, in Educating Democratic Citizens in Troubled Times: Qualitative Studies of Current ...

Social Education, Oct 1, 2006

... that we rarely do. See Diana Hess, “Moving beyond Celebration: Challenging Curricular Orthodo... more ... that we rarely do. See Diana Hess, “Moving beyond Celebration: Challenging Curricular Orthodoxy in the Teaching of Brown and its Legacies,” Teachers College Record 107, no. 3 (2005): 2046-2067. 3. See PollingReport.com ...

Beyond Pedagogies of Exclusion in Diverse Childhood Contexts, 2009

CHAPTER Teaching against Threats to Democracy: Inclusive Pedagogies in Democratic Education Diana... more CHAPTER Teaching against Threats to Democracy: Inclusive Pedagogies in Democratic Education Diana E. Hess and Shannon Murto Wright The idea that schools in democratic nations should teach toward the continuation of democracy, at a minimum, and ideally toward its positive ...