Journal article
Positioning students for political discussions: Attending to the mode of address
Journal of social studies research, Vol.46(2), pp.101-110
04/2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssr.2021.06.002
Abstract
Social studies teachers are often reported as remaining reluctant to engage their students in discussions of contemporary social and political issues. It is therefore critically important to investigate instances of such discussions when they do occur. This paper, part of a larger qualitative study that included six middle and high school classrooms and 24 observed discussions, considers how students are positioned in classroom discussions of social and political issues. By thinking in terms of positions and Ellsworth's (1997) notion of “modes of address”, the authors conceptualize political discussions in terms of the delicate relations between intent and outcome, the social and personal, certainty and surprise. This paper identifies three modes through which students are invited into relation to social and political life via discussions of current topics: task-oriented participants, distanced commentators, and/or as implicated citizens.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Positioning students for political discussions: Attending to the mode of address
- Creators
- Joseph McAnulty - University of GeorgiaH. James Garrett - University of Georgia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of social studies research, Vol.46(2), pp.101-110
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jssr.2021.06.002
- ISSN
- 2352-2798
- eISSN
- 0885-985X
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2022
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9985223620502771
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