When the World Helps Teach Your Class
Using Wikipedia to Teach Controversial Issues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12379258 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark K Cassell (0000-0002-3043-8834, Kent State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 02 |
| Pages | 427-433 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1049096517002293 |
| OpenAlex | W2790236325 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 14 |
Assigning students to draft and publish a Wikipedia contribution is no longer a novelty. The pedagogical benefits from assigning a Wikipedia article vary depending on discipline, lesson plan, and how it is incorporated into the class. This research considers how a Wikipedia assignment can effectively overcome common challenges in teaching controversial topics including peer relations, teacher–student power dynamics, and (mis)perceptions of “the other.”
Class (philosophy · Lesson plan · Mathematics education · Novelty · Perception · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Power (physics · Public relations · Publication · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wikis in Education and Collaboration · Artificial Intelligence
Five Laws of Politics
Writing for the greater good
Using Wikipedia to Develop 21st Century Skills
With or without Wikipedia? Integrating Wikipedia into the Teaching Process in Estonian General Education Schools
Teaching liberal arts content via Wikipedia page authoring in an English language learning context
The Subversive Potential of Wikipedia
Scattered and Unsystematic
Guerrillas or missionaries? Teachers addressing controversial topics of global citizenship education under unfavourable conditions
Embedding the New Information Literacy Framework in Undergraduate Political Science Courses
Fear and Loathing
Teaching Wikipedia as a mirrored technology
Wikis and Wikipedia as a teaching tool
Turning Introductory Comparative Politics and Elections Courses into Social Science Research Communities Using Wikipedia
Discussing Controversial Public Issues in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms
Discussing Controversial Topics in the Classroom
Creating and Teaching Writing-Intensive Courses
Sociological Writing as Higher-level Thinking
Avoiding Moral Dichotomies
Controversies about Controversial Issues in Democratic Education
| Citations per year | 1.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |