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Julie A. Reuben – History of Education Quarterly, 2024
Fear for the future of democracy in the 1930s and 1940s led university educators to redefine the purpose of general education as preparation for democratic citizenship. This mobilized social scientists to engage in curricular reform and experiment with progressive pedagogical practices in new general education courses. These courses have been…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Democracy, Higher Education, United States History
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Vlach, Saba Khan – Journal of Children's Literature, 2022
Transformative, anti-oppressive curricula, as theorized by Banks (1989, 2014) and Kumashiro (2001, 2009), directly address present-day realities of racism, discrimination, and oppression. According to Banks (1989), a transformative curriculum includes "the infusion of various perspectives, frames of reference, and content from various groups,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Relevance, Reading Aloud to Others, Transformative Learning