Stuart J Foster

Datos Biográficos

ID6100577
NOMBREStuart J Foster
NOMBRESStuart J
APELLIDOFoster
FIRMAFOSTER S J
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Georgia
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS9
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR2
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1999
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2012
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  • Pride and Prejudice

    Stuart Foster, Stuart J FosterARTICLEEducation and Culture2012Referencias: 2

    Between 1881 and 1890 more than five million immigrants entered the United States. The decade marked the beginning of a period of unprecedented growth in the number of newcomers arriving on America's shores. Indeed, between 1890 and 1930 approximately twenty four million immigrants poured on to the nation's soil continually adding to the rich and complex mix of American humanity. The impact of mass immigration on public education was profound. By…

  • National History Standards

    Linda Symcox, Arie Wilschut et al.BOOKNational History Standards2009

    As educators in the United States and Europe develop national history standards for K-12 students, the question of what to do with national history canons is a subject of growing concern. Should national canons still be the foundation for the teaching of history? Do national canons develop citizenship or should they be modified to accommodate the new realities of globalization? Or should they even be discarded outright? These questions become blu…

  • War, Nation, Memory

    Keith A Crawford, Stuart J FosterBOOKWar, Nation, Memory2007

    The Second World War stands as the most devastating and destructive global conflict in human history. More than 60 nations representing 1.7 billion people or three quarters of the world’s population were consumed by its horror. Not surprisingly, therefore, World War II stands as a landmark episode in history education throughout the world and its prominent place in school history textbooks is almost guaranteed. As this book demonstrates, however,…

  • What Shall We Tell the Children?

    John Wren-Lewis, Stuart J Foster et al.BOOKWhat Shall We Tell the Children?2006

    The pages of this book illustrate that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse textbooks are powerful artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order. Crucially, exploring the social construction of school textbooks and the messages they impart provides an important context from within which to critically investigate the dynamics underlying the cultural politics of educat…

  • What Shall We Tell the Children? International Perspectives on School History Textbooks

    Stuart Foster, Keith Crawford et al.BOOKWhat Shall We Tell the Children?…2006

    This text illustrates that as instruments of socialization and sites of ideological discourse, textbooks are artefacts in introducing young people to a specific historical, cultural and socioeconomic order

  • Thinking Aloud about History

    Stuart Foster, Stuart J Foster et al.ARTICLETheory & Research in Social…1999Citada por: 9Referencias: 19

    This study explored third, sixth, and ninth grade students' interpretations of a collection of nine historical photographs using semi-structured interviews. Specifically, the study focused on students' replies to three historical questions: When do you think this photograph was taken? Why do you think it was taken? and What does this photograph tell you about these peoples' lives? Results showed that the ability to date photographs progressed wit…