Rebecca Cooper Geller
Biographic Data
| ID | 4469144 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Cooper Geller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca Cooper |
| FAMILY NAME | Geller |
| SIGNATURE | GELLER R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9922-1721 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
My thinking has changed but beliefs have not
In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, social studies education has remained startlingly silent on the topic of abortion. In this design-based research study, we present a qualitative analysis of how preservice secondary social studies teachers made sense of evidence and how they learned about abortion in a mixed-reality teaching simulation built around pedagogies of practice on facilitating controversial issue discussions. Drawing on pol…
A Beautiful Struggle
Background/Context Historians of education have chronicled the essential link between schools and communities from a variety of perspectives, exploring how ideology, material conditions, and political struggles have shaped public education. Viewing school reform historically allows us to see how schools are tied to their particular contexts, breathing in and out the values, beliefs, and conditions of local communities. This link is especially imp…
Teacher political disclosure in contentious times
Quality civic education is often understood as involving discussions of controversial social and political issues, a task made more difficult for teachers amidst the kind of political polarization that characterizes the current political climate. This study explores high school social studies teachers’ thinking and sensemaking related to disclosing their personal political beliefs in the classroom in light of the challenges posed by increased con…
Teacher political disclosure in contentious times
Quality civic education is often understood as involving discussions of controversial social and political issues, a task made more difficult for teachers amidst the kind of political polarization that characterizes the current political climate. This study explores high school social studies teachers’ thinking and sensemaking related to disclosing their personal political beliefs in the classroom in light of the challenges posed by increased con…
My thinking has changed but beliefs have not
In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, social studies education has remained startlingly silent on the topic of abortion. In this design-based research study, we present a qualitative analysis of how preservice secondary social studies teachers made sense of evidence and how they learned about abortion in a mixed-reality teaching simulation built around pedagogies of practice on facilitating controversial issue discussions. Drawing on pol…
A Beautiful Struggle
Background/Context Historians of education have chronicled the essential link between schools and communities from a variety of perspectives, exploring how ideology, material conditions, and political struggles have shaped public education. Viewing school reform historically allows us to see how schools are tied to their particular contexts, breathing in and out the values, beliefs, and conditions of local communities. This link is especially imp…
Teacher political disclosure in contentious times
Quality civic education is often understood as involving discussions of controversial social and political issues, a task made more difficult for teachers amidst the kind of political polarization that characterizes the current political climate. This study explores high school social studies teachers’ thinking and sensemaking related to disclosing their personal political beliefs in the classroom in light of the challenges posed by increased con…
My thinking has changed but beliefs have not
In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, social studies education has remained startlingly silent on the topic of abortion. In this design-based research study, we present a qualitative analysis of how preservice secondary social studies teachers made sense of evidence and how they learned about abortion in a mixed-reality teaching simulation built around pedagogies of practice on facilitating controversial issue discussions. Drawing on pol…
Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Abortion (1 work) · Community engagement (1 work) · Community organizing (1 work) · Critical thinking (1 work) · Democracy (1 work) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (1 work)