Kathryn M Obenchain
Biographic Data
| ID | 181431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kathryn M Obenchain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kathryn M |
| FAMILY NAME | Obenchain |
| SIGNATURE | OBENCHAIN K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0634-2525 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Empathy & civic engagement
Exploring teachers’ inclination towards adopting inquiry-based learning in social studies
Civic identity
We explore how Latiné immigrant-origin youth used and made sense of media to enact their civic identities during the 2020 US presidential election cycle. In a polarized national context, this project highlights the voices and experiences of the participants (n=39). We conducted and analysed semi-structured interviews to identify three comprehensive themes. Findings suggest that how participants used social media to dispel misinformation allowed t…
Preservice teachers' understandings of social justice within the context of study abroad programs
How do preservice teachers (PSTs) understand social justice within the context of education-focused study abroad programs? How might traveling across cultural borders facilitate PSTs'TM development of a social justice mindset? Drawing on previous studies and examples from an ongoing study of 6 annual, short-term study abroad programs, this article explores how PSTs reported experiences related to social justice and suggests implications for study…
Teaching History and Social Studies to English Language Learners
Applying Intergroup Contact Theory to Social Distance Data from Ethnic Hungarians and Romanians in Romania
Allport’s intergroup contact theory has been used to explain how contact between members of different groups influences the level of acceptance that members of those groups hold towards members of other groups, and to guide the design of programs to increase tolerance. In this study, we examined intergroup contact and social distance data provided by ethnic Hungarians and ethnic Romanians in Romania with respect to each other and the Roma (Gypsy)…
Garnering Civic Hope
Social studies education is designed to provide a foundation for civic society. In this study we consider immigrant optimism theory within the context of U.S. secondary social studies to examine the civic potential of immigrant youth. Using a mixed-methods approach, we complement analyses of teacher and immigrant young adult interviews with national survey data to explore how adults' expectations shape immigrant youths' civic identity formation. …
Educating for Critical Democratic Literacy
Educating for Critical Democratic Literacy educates pre and in-service elementary school teachers in teaching four key civics concepts through social studies and literacy integration. Written together by both literacy and social studies experts, it is based on a conceptual revision of the notions of civic education and critical literacy called "Critical Democratic Literacy" (CDL). The authors’ dual expertise allows them to effectively detail the …
Mean girls” go to college
Fourth Graders Confront an Injustice
As the development of active, democratic citizens has become, arguably, the primary purpose of social studies education, the model of instruction in citizenship education varies significantly. Although current models of citizenship education typically foster a sense of societal conformity and law-obeyance to the exclusion of social change, this article illustrates how elementary school students engaged in the critical examination of a pertinent s…
Ethnic Attitudes of Hungarian Students in Romania
Participants in this study were ethnic Hungarian secondary students attending high schools in Romania in which Hungarian was the primary language of instruction. Attitudes of participants toward ethnic and cultural groups were measured using a variation of the Bogardus (1933 Bogardus, Emory S. 1933. A Social Distance Scale. Sociology & Social Research, 17: 265–271. [Google Scholar]) Scale of Social Distance. Results were consistent with predictio…
The Past as a Puzzle
This article details a professional development program focused on the use of essential questions in reframing U.S. history learning experiences in elementary, middle, and high schools. Teachers identified four problems in designing and teaching engaging, relevant, and challenging U.S. history lessons. Each problem was addressed through the teachers' use of essential questions
Angela
This qualitative case study examines one secondary social studies teacher's enactment of her critical constructivist beliefs in teaching for democratic citizenship education. Results are organized around the knowledge, skills, and dispositions addressed, and their consistency with critical constructivism. The teacher's practices were consistent with her beliefs; however, she struggled to balance her critical perspectives with her developing knowl…
How to Assess Language in the Social Studies Classroom
Keywords: assessment in ESL regular social studies classesESL students in social studiesequality and democracy in ESL classesguide for ESL social studies assessment
The (Melo)drama of Social Studies
Applying Intergroup Contact Theory to Social Distance Data from Ethnic Hungarians and Romanians in Romania
Allport’s intergroup contact theory has been used to explain how contact between members of different groups influences the level of acceptance that members of those groups hold towards members of other groups, and to guide the design of programs to increase tolerance. In this study, we examined intergroup contact and social distance data provided by ethnic Hungarians and ethnic Romanians in Romania with respect to each other and the Roma (Gypsy)…
Preservice teachers' understandings of social justice within the context of study abroad programs
How do preservice teachers (PSTs) understand social justice within the context of education-focused study abroad programs? How might traveling across cultural borders facilitate PSTs'TM development of a social justice mindset? Drawing on previous studies and examples from an ongoing study of 6 annual, short-term study abroad programs, this article explores how PSTs reported experiences related to social justice and suggests implications for study…
Angela
This qualitative case study examines one secondary social studies teacher's enactment of her critical constructivist beliefs in teaching for democratic citizenship education. Results are organized around the knowledge, skills, and dispositions addressed, and their consistency with critical constructivism. The teacher's practices were consistent with her beliefs; however, she struggled to balance her critical perspectives with her developing knowl…
Garnering Civic Hope
Social studies education is designed to provide a foundation for civic society. In this study we consider immigrant optimism theory within the context of U.S. secondary social studies to examine the civic potential of immigrant youth. Using a mixed-methods approach, we complement analyses of teacher and immigrant young adult interviews with national survey data to explore how adults' expectations shape immigrant youths' civic identity formation. …
Fourth Graders Confront an Injustice
As the development of active, democratic citizens has become, arguably, the primary purpose of social studies education, the model of instruction in citizenship education varies significantly. Although current models of citizenship education typically foster a sense of societal conformity and law-obeyance to the exclusion of social change, this article illustrates how elementary school students engaged in the critical examination of a pertinent s…
Ethnic Attitudes of Hungarian Students in Romania
Participants in this study were ethnic Hungarian secondary students attending high schools in Romania in which Hungarian was the primary language of instruction. Attitudes of participants toward ethnic and cultural groups were measured using a variation of the Bogardus (1933 Bogardus, Emory S. 1933. A Social Distance Scale. Sociology & Social Research, 17: 265–271. [Google Scholar]) Scale of Social Distance. Results were consistent with predictio…
The (Melo)drama of Social Studies
How to Assess Language in the Social Studies Classroom
Keywords: assessment in ESL regular social studies classesESL students in social studiesequality and democracy in ESL classesguide for ESL social studies assessment
Angela
This qualitative case study examines one secondary social studies teacher's enactment of her critical constructivist beliefs in teaching for democratic citizenship education. Results are organized around the knowledge, skills, and dispositions addressed, and their consistency with critical constructivism. The teacher's practices were consistent with her beliefs; however, she struggled to balance her critical perspectives with her developing knowl…
The Past as a Puzzle
This article details a professional development program focused on the use of essential questions in reframing U.S. history learning experiences in elementary, middle, and high schools. Teachers identified four problems in designing and teaching engaging, relevant, and challenging U.S. history lessons. Each problem was addressed through the teachers' use of essential questions
Ethnic Attitudes of Hungarian Students in Romania
Participants in this study were ethnic Hungarian secondary students attending high schools in Romania in which Hungarian was the primary language of instruction. Attitudes of participants toward ethnic and cultural groups were measured using a variation of the Bogardus (1933 Bogardus, Emory S. 1933. A Social Distance Scale. Sociology & Social Research, 17: 265–271. [Google Scholar]) Scale of Social Distance. Results were consistent with predictio…
Mean girls” go to college
Fourth Graders Confront an Injustice
As the development of active, democratic citizens has become, arguably, the primary purpose of social studies education, the model of instruction in citizenship education varies significantly. Although current models of citizenship education typically foster a sense of societal conformity and law-obeyance to the exclusion of social change, this article illustrates how elementary school students engaged in the critical examination of a pertinent s…
Educating for Critical Democratic Literacy
Educating for Critical Democratic Literacy educates pre and in-service elementary school teachers in teaching four key civics concepts through social studies and literacy integration. Written together by both literacy and social studies experts, it is based on a conceptual revision of the notions of civic education and critical literacy called "Critical Democratic Literacy" (CDL). The authors’ dual expertise allows them to effectively detail the …
Applying Intergroup Contact Theory to Social Distance Data from Ethnic Hungarians and Romanians in Romania
Allport’s intergroup contact theory has been used to explain how contact between members of different groups influences the level of acceptance that members of those groups hold towards members of other groups, and to guide the design of programs to increase tolerance. In this study, we examined intergroup contact and social distance data provided by ethnic Hungarians and ethnic Romanians in Romania with respect to each other and the Roma (Gypsy)…
Garnering Civic Hope
Social studies education is designed to provide a foundation for civic society. In this study we consider immigrant optimism theory within the context of U.S. secondary social studies to examine the civic potential of immigrant youth. Using a mixed-methods approach, we complement analyses of teacher and immigrant young adult interviews with national survey data to explore how adults' expectations shape immigrant youths' civic identity formation. …
Teaching History and Social Studies to English Language Learners
Preservice teachers' understandings of social justice within the context of study abroad programs
How do preservice teachers (PSTs) understand social justice within the context of education-focused study abroad programs? How might traveling across cultural borders facilitate PSTs'TM development of a social justice mindset? Drawing on previous studies and examples from an ongoing study of 6 annual, short-term study abroad programs, this article explores how PSTs reported experiences related to social justice and suggests implications for study…
Empathy & civic engagement
Exploring teachers’ inclination towards adopting inquiry-based learning in social studies
Civic identity
We explore how Latiné immigrant-origin youth used and made sense of media to enact their civic identities during the 2020 US presidential election cycle. In a polarized national context, this project highlights the voices and experiences of the participants (n=39). We conducted and analysed semi-structured interviews to identify three comprehensive themes. Findings suggest that how participants used social media to dispel misinformation allowed t…
Sociology (13 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Pedagogy (9 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (8 works) · Mathematics education (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Social studies (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social science (5 works)