Training Americans

Ideology, Performance, and Social Studies Textbooks

Bibliographic Data

ID11070661
AuthorsDrew Chappell (California State University, Fullerton, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume38
Issue2
Pages248-269
Publication date2010-04-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.2010.10473424
OpenAlexW2033475180
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited13

Through an analysis of activities called for in social studies texts at three grade levels, the author critically examines the links between children's improvisational performance and social studies curricula. He asks: What is unique about the process of embodying a historical or contemporary character as part of the learning process (such as a re-enactment of the “First Thanksgiving” scenario)? How do students adopt various ideologies through playing a role? How have adult textbook writers and teachers constructed history and contemporary issues through the parameters of these performances? Using typologies and assertion development, the author finds that the activities call for young people to perform a normative U.S. citizenship. He explores some ways this performance might be disrupted through the application of extended drama and/or creative writing practices

Aesthetics · Art · Assertion · Citizenship · Curriculum · Drama · Epistemology · Ideology · Improvisation · Literature · Mathematics education · Normative · Pedagogy · Politics · Process (computing · Social change · Social studies · Sociology · Teaching method · Visual arts · Art Education and Development · Computer Science · Education Methods and Practices · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Psychology

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