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Negotiating Dissonance and Safety for the Common Good: Social Education in the Elementary Classroom.
Peer reviewedHouser, Neil O. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1996
Examines the inherent dichotomy between the competing needs of maintaining emotional safety and exploring sensitive issues in social studies classrooms. Argues that an effectively safe classroom can serve as a necessary backdrop for addressing controversial issues even in the earliest of grades. Maintains that most teachers simply ignore these…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Dissonance, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
