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What is the word “difficult” doing in social studies research

A systematic literature review of empirical research on difficult knowledges and histories, 2004–2022

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ID11624265
AuthorsBrittany L Jones (0000-0002-2715-593X, University at Buffalo - North Campus, corresponding author), Kimberly Edmondson (0000-0003-0803-3029, University of Alberta)
Year2024
Volume53
Issue2
Pages212-248
Publication date2024-12-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.2024.2430782
OpenAlexW4404913692
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited94

Cognitive science · Empirical research · Epistemology · Linguistics · Management science · MEDLINE · Political science · Sociology · Systematic review · Word (group theory · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Engineering · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Philosophy · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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    Open Access•Yu-Han Hung, Hiromi Kawaguchi et al.•Teaching and Teacher Education•2026

  • The modern political right in United States history standards

    Open Access•Lightning Peter Jay•Journal of Curriculum Studies•2025

  • Teaching the Holocaust to minoritized students

    Open Access•Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Yael Granot-Bein•Journal of Curriculum Studies•2025

  • The possibilities and potentials of spatial justice and social studies education research

    Tania Monreal, Tim Monreal et al.•Theory & Research in Social…•2026

  • Teaching About Palestine in U.S. Schools From the 1980s to Present Day

    Open Access•Antero Garcia, Rubén A González et al.•Educational Researcher•2026

  • Teaching peace? Exploring history teachers’ perspectives on teaching Nagorno-Karabakh wars in public schools in Armenia

    Elmira Gulumyan•Journal of Peace Education•2025

  • Commemorating difficult history in schools

    M Zembylas, Xanthia Aristidou•Theory & Research in Social…•2026

  • Navigating “big feelings” in teaching and learning difficult histories

    Rebecca L Rosen, Kevin W Meuwissen•Theory & Research in Social…•2025

  • Doing Race in Social Studies

    Prentice T Chandler•Doing race in social studies•2015

  • Systematic Reviews in the Social Sciences

    Mark Petticrew, Helen Roberts•Systematic Reviews in the Social…•2006

  • The Coding Manual for Qualitative Researchers

    Johnny Saldaña•The Coding Manual for Qualitative…•2025

  • The Cultural Politics of Emotion

    Sara Ahmed, Sara Ahmed Sayed Ali•Cultural Politics of Emotion•2014

  • Five Essential Components for Social Justice Education

    Heather W Hackman•Equity & Excellence in Education•2005

  • Critical Discourse Analysis

    Norman Fairclough, Jane Mulderrig et al.•Discourse Studies•2011

  • Disability Critical Race Theory

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  • Whiteness as Property

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  • Thematic analysis.

    Braun, Victoria Clarke•APA Handbook of Research Methods…•2012

  • Silencing the Past

    Michel-Rolph Trouillot•Silencing the Past•2012

  • Borderlands/La Frontera

    Gloria Anzaldúa•Feminist Studies•2025

  • Representing Whiteness in the Black Imagination

    Open Access•Bell Hooks•Displacing Whiteness•1997

  • The Disability Studies Reader

    Lennard J Davis•Disability Studies Reader•2016

  • Global White Ignorance

    C W Mills•Routledge International Handbook…•2022

  • Racial capitalism, climate justice, and climate displacement

    Open Access•Cecilia Garibi González, Carmen G Gonzalez•Oñati Socio-legal Series•2021

  • The Link Between Memory, Narrative and Empathy in Teaching Difficult Knowledge in Holocaust Education

    Open Access•Maya Shalom, Zehavit Gro et al.•Frontiers in Education•2022

  • Fight, flight or light

    Michal Honig, Dan Porat•Oxford Review of Education•2021

  • Toward New Beginnings

    Open Access•Jarvis R Givens, Ashley Ison•Review of Educational Research•2023

  • Teaching and Learning Difficult Histories in International Contexts

    Carla Peck, Terrie Epstein et al.•Teaching and Learning Difficult…•2017

  • Handbook of Research in Social Studies Education

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  • Black Feminist Thought

    Patricia Hill Collins•Black Feminist Thought•2013

  • Theorizing Historical Consciousness

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  • White Supremacy and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era

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  • Climate Apartheid

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  • Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor

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  • When saying you care is not really caring’

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  • A shock to thought

    Open Access•Roger I Simon•Memory Studies•2011

  • Learning from survivors

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  • To teach the Holocaust in Poland

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  • Speculations on qualities of difficult knowledge in teaching and learning

    Alice J Pitt, Alice Pitt et al.•International Journal of…•2003

  • Emotions and teacher decision-making

    Open Access•Maia Sheppard, Sara A Levy•Teaching and Teacher Education•2018

  • Affective practices, difficult histories and peace education

    Open Access•M Zembylas, Loizos Loukaidis•Teaching and Teacher Education•2020

  • Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone”

    Noreen Naseem Rodríguez•Curriculum Inquiry•2020

  • Beyond white privilege

    Open Access•Anne Bonds, Joshua F J Inwood et al.•Progress in Human Geography•2015

  • Teaching anti-essentialist historical inquiry

    Myrna Santiago, Eliana Castro•The Social Studies•2019

  • Engaging With Difficult Knowledge of U.S. Wars in Elementary Social Studies Methods Course

    Sohyun An•The Social Studies•2021

  • Beyond Making a Statement

    Open Access•Mildred Boveda, Subini Ancy Annamma•Educational Researcher•2023

  • Feeling fear as power and oppression

    Brittany L Jones•Theory & Research in Social…•2022

  • Between Trauma and Perpetration

    Tsafrir Goldberg•Theory & Research in Social…•2017

  • Seeing and feeling difficult history

    Jon Miles•Theory & Research in Social…•2019

  • Virtuous Subjects

    Mark Helmsing, Mark E Helmsing•Theory & Research in Social…•2014

  • Villainification and Evil in Social Studies Education

    Cathryn Van Kessel, Ryan M Crowley•Theory & Research in Social…•2017

  • The Routing and Re-Routing of Difficult Knowledge

    H James Garrett•Theory & Research in Social…•2011

  • The tensions between Indigenous sovereignty and multicultural citizenship education

    Leilani Sabzalian•Theory & Research in Social…•2019

  • The making of global Black anti-citizen/citizenship

    Christopher L Busey, Tianna Dowie-Chin•Theory & Research in Social…•2021

  • Social Foundations of Openness

    Open Access•John A Hall•Philosophy of the Social Sciences•1997

  • Black women and feminist sociology

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  • Braiding Histories

    Susan D Dion•Braiding Histories•2009

  • Who Joined the Confederate Army? Soldiers, Civilians, and Communities in Mississippi

    Larry M Logue•Journal of Social History•1993

  • What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy

    Open Access•Joel Westheimer, Joseph Kahne•American Educational Research…•2004

  • Possibility not Difficulty

    Open Access•Velta Douglas, Fiona Purton et al.•Alberta Journal of Educational…•2020

  • Mapping the Margins

    Kimberlé Crenshaw, Kimberlé W Crenshaw•Stanford Law Review•1991

  • Funds of knowledge for teaching

    Luis C Moll, Cathy Amanti et al.•Theory Into Practice•1992

  • Critical race theory

    Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic•Critical race theory•2001

  • Displacing Whiteness

    Open Access•Rebecca Aanerud, T Muraleedharan et al.•Displacing Whiteness•1997

  • Race, Culture, and Researcher Positionality

    Open Access•H R Milner•Educational Researcher•2007

  • Theorizing "Difficult Knowledge" in the Aftermath of the "Affective Turn

    M Zembylas•Curriculum Inquiry•2014

  • Discursive practices, genealogies, and emotional rules

    Open Access•M Zembylas•Teaching and Teacher Education•2005

  • Confession, catharsis, or cure? Rethinking the uses of reflexivity as methodological power in qualitative research

    Wanda S Pillow, Wanda Pillow•International Journal of…•2003

  • Responding to Worldview Threats in the Classroom

    Open Access•Cathryn Van Kessel, Nicholas Jacobs et al.•Journal of Teacher Education•2022

  • Against the Dark

    Michael J Dumas•Theory Into Practice•2016

  • Pedagogy and transference

    Deborah P Britzman, Alice J Pitt•Theory Into Practice•1996

  • Unsettling Responsibility in Science Education

    Open Access•Marc Higgin, Marc Higgins•Unsettling Responsibility in…•2021

  • Anthropology and the Savage Slot

    Open Access•Michel-Rolph Trouillot•Global Transformations•2003

  • Special Section

    Open Access•Aisha M Beliso‐de Jesú, Aisha M Beliso‐De Jesús et al.•American Anthropologist•2020

Unique citing works8
Citations per year8
Citation span2025 - 2026 (2)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 8

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