: Diem, Richard A.; Berson, Michael J.
: Mending Walls Historical, Socio?Political, Economic, and Geographical Perspectives
: IAP - Information Age Publishing
: 9781681238333
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: CHF 56.70
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: Pädagogik
: English
: 271
: DRM
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This volume of the International Social Studies Forum offers papers presented at the 2016 Social Studies Education Forum International Conference that was held in Berlin, Germany in June, 2016. The authors are a cross section of international educators.

The issues and research structures noted in the volume focus on how education can mend the walls dividing societies, both internally and externally, across the globe. Papers on understanding how to use democratic and civic education to off set differences in cultural perspectives to understanding how educational policy influences choice and activism are represented throughout.
Cover1
Series page2
Mending Walls4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data5
Contents6
Preface8
Introduction10
CHAPTER 1: Social Studies in Germany12
CHAPTER 2: Civic Studies in a Socialist Democracy with Chinese Characteristics28
CHAPTER 3: The Beutelsbach Consensus36
CHAPTER 4: The Global Citizenship Debate42
CHAPTER 5: The Kids Are Starting to Get an Understanding of Themselves as Citizens54
CHAPTER 6: “Bearing with Strangers” in Democratic Education92
CHAPTER 7: Schools Into the Breach112
CHAPTER 8: Uncovering Lost Voices130
CHAPTER 9: Dismantling Walls and Rebuilding Our Sense of Place150
CHAPTER 10: The Nanjing Safety Zone170
CHAPTER 11: Insights from India186
CHAPTER 12: Deconstructing Otherness198
CHAPTER 13: Shattering the Persisting Walls Between Both Ability and Disability and Homogeneity and Diversity in Schools and Society222
CHAPTER 14: Disrupting Spaces for Education Policymaking and Activism230
CHAPTER 15: SSEC on Berlin 2016250
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS260
Conferees—SSEC Annual Conference268