scholarly journals Calibrating the ‘right values’: the role of critical inquiry tasks in social studies textbooks

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon Myskow
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
History Textbooks ◽  
Critical Inquiry ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks ◽  
Evaluative Meaning ◽  
Visual Text ◽  
The Right

The issue of how to represent a nation’s past in history textbooks has been the source of vigorous debate across a variety of educational contexts. Some textbooks have been criticized for their simplistic, nation-building stories and the meta-narrative of ‘progress’ they engender. While many contemporary textbooks include critical inquiry tasks for developing learners’ historical thinking skills, the extent to which they actually facilitate critical thinking is unclear. This article employs methods grounded in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) for analyzing verbal and visual text to examine evaluative meaning in the core narrative and two critical inquiry tasks of a Canadian social studies textbook chapter. The findings show an uneasy coexistence between the aims of providing opportunities for critical engagement and communicating a cohesive story of the nation’s collective experiences. Rather than platforms for facilitating interpretive independence, the critical inquiry tasks appear to be spaces for drawing out or calibrating the ‘right values’ developed through the core narrative of the chapter.

The Fox Diet

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yochai Benkler ◽  
Robert Faris ◽  
Hal Roberts
Keyword(s):  
First Year ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Justice Department ◽  
Fox News ◽  
The Core ◽  
Deep State ◽  
Media Ecosystem ◽  
Conservative Media ◽  
The Right

This chapter focuses on the role of the dominant player in conservative media, Fox News, during the first year of Donald Trump’s presidency. It looks at three case studies to illustrate how Fox News used its position at the core of the right-wing media ecosystem repeatedly to mount propaganda attacks in support of Trump: the Michael Flynn firing in March 2017, when Fox adopted the “deep state” framing of the entire controversy; the James Comey firing and Robert Mueller appointment in May 2017; when Fox propagated the Seth Rich murder conspiracy; and in October and November, when the arrests of Paul Manafort and guilty plea of Flynn seemed to mark a new level of threat to the president, Fox reframed the Uranium One story as an attack on the integrity of the FBI and Justice Department officials in charge of the investigation.

4. The course of the trial

Evidence ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 140-200
Author(s):  
Roderick Munday
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Trial Judge ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Right

Titles in the Core Text series take the reader straight to the heart of the subject, providing focused, concise, and reliable guides for students at all levels. This chapter discusses the following: the right to begin; the role of the trial judge; the judge’s right to call a witness; examination-in-chief; hostile witnesses; cross-examination; re-examination; calling evidence relating to witnesses’ veracity; witness support; the Crown’s right to reopen its case; and special protections extended to various classes of witness in criminal cases. Many of the rules apply to civil and criminal proceedings alike. However, as elsewhere in this book, the accent will be on rules of criminal evidence.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF METACOGNITION STRATEGY TO ENHANCE READING COMPREHENSION

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-213
Author(s):  
Fitrani Dinda Fadilah ◽  
Natashah Mohd Ridwan ◽  
Nurma Dianti Putri ◽  
Suhendri Prayoga ◽  
Muhammad Taufik Ihsan
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Metacognitive Strategies ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Metacognitive Strategy ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Higher Order Thinking Skills ◽  
The Right

Metacognitive strategy is a learning strategy based on the metacognitive concept put forward by John Flavell that defines Metacognitive as the ability of individuals to manage their cognitive processes independently. By applying metacognitive strategies in the learning process, students are trained to get used to planning, controlling, and evaluating their thought processes in learning so that they are increasingly honed critical thinking skills as well as creative thinking skills. This ability is important to master so that students can have a sense of responsibility towards their own learning. This metacognitive reading framework should be familiar to teachers who integrate the process before reading, at the time of reading, and after reading on the process when teaching learners effective understanding strategies. Teachers are also encouraged to use metacognitive strategy models, as students can learn how to use them independently. In this article, the data were obtained from literature of study review and from other document analysis. Based on the study, metacognitive strategies help learners to use the right strategies in solving problems in reading and help students to stop their dependency using a dictionary. Metacognitive strategies train a person in learning by putting forward Higher Order Thinking Skills in reflective learning schemes

scholarly journals SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PRE-MODERN NATION IN MOROCCO

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 350-357
Author(s):  
Jamal Saidi ◽  
◽  
Khalid Lahlou ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Middle School ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
National Narratives ◽  
Cultural Symbols ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks

This study investigates school textbooks with a focus on a pre-modern nation construction in Morocco. It seeks to detect the cultural symbols via which the pre-modern nation is formed. Using a deductive approach, social studies textbooks of middle school are analyzed.Drawing on the Ethno-Symbolist conceptual framework to nation formation which is developed by Anthony Smith, this study highlights the significant role of textbooks in nation-building.It suggests that the textbooks construct a pre-modern nation of Morocco out of an Arab-Muslim cultural repertoire. The research recommends changes to the content of the textbooks to adopt a multi-cultural approach, which would accommodate cultural funds of Amazigh and Jewish ethnic groups in the national narratives.

scholarly journals The Interaction of Metadiscourse and Anxiety in Determining Children's Learning of Social Studies Textbook Materials

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-268
Author(s):  
Avon Crismore ◽  
Kennedy T. Hill
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Opposite Effect ◽  
Sixth Graders ◽  
First Person ◽  
Student Anxiety ◽  
High Anxious ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks

The role of attitudinal, voice, and informational metadiscourse characteristics and level of student anxiety were studied as they affect learning from social studies textbooks for 120 sixth-graders. Analyses of covariance, controlling for reading ability, revealed significant interaction effects involving metadiscourse and anxiety. As expected, high anxious students showed their best performance with first person voice and no attitudinal metadiscourse while low anxious students showed the opposite effect. The importance of studying the joint effects of metadiscourse and anxiety as determinants of textbook reading is discussed.

scholarly journals KAJIAN BERPIKIR KRITIS PADA METODE INKUIRI

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Dwi Nugraheni Rositawati
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Accurate Data ◽  
The Core ◽  
Inquiry Method ◽  
Motivation And Learning ◽  
Scientific Arguments

<p class="AbstractEnglish"><strong>Abstract: </strong>This study examines the fundamental things of the Inquiry Method that can be used to improve critical thinking skills. The purpose of this study are: a) Knowing the mechanism of the Inquiry Method can be used to improve critical thinking skills, b) Knowing the steps of critical thinking, c) Knowing the characteristics of critical thinking, d) Knowing the supporting components of the increasing critical thinking skills by applying inquiry method, and e) Knowing the role of supporting components and their influence in improving critical thinking skills by applying inquiry methods. The results of the study revealed that critical thinking consisted of six sub-abilities which became the core of critical thinking skills, namely interpretation, analysis, evaluation, inference, explanation, and self-regulation. The steps of the Inquiry method are the foundation for critical thinking and can be used as a "thinking map". The process of reasoning in a systematic, logical and deep manner accompanied by scientific arguments along with evidence in the form of accurate data/information so that conclusions can be used to train critical thinking. The dominant supporting component that can influence the increase in critical thinking skills using inquiry methods is motivation and learning environment.</p><p class="KeywordsEngish"><strong>Abstrak:</strong> Penelitian ini mengkaji hal-hal mendasar pada Metode Inkuiri yang dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah: a) Mengetahui mekanisme Metode Inkuiri dapat digunakan untuk meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis, b) Mengetahui langkah-langkah berpikir kritis, c) Mengetahui karakteristik berpikir kritis, d) Mengetahui komponen-komponen pendukung terjadinya peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis dengan penerapan metode inkuiri, dan e) Mengetahui peranan komponen pendukung  dan pengaruhnya dalam meningkatkan kemampuan berpikir kritis dengan penerapan metode inkuiri. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa berpikir kritis terdiri dari enam sub-kemampuan yang menjadi inti kemampuan berpikir kritis yaitu interpretasi, analisis, evaluasi, inferensi, eksplanasi dan regulasi diri. Langkah-langkah metode Inkuiri merupakan landasan untuk berpikir kritis dan dapat digunakan sebagai “peta berpikir”. Proses penalaran secara sistematis, logis dan mendalam yang disertai argumentasi ilmiah beserta bukti berupa data/informasi yang akurat sehingga diperoleh kesimpulan yang dapat dipertanggungjawabkan dapat digunakan untuk melatih berpikir kritis. Komponen pendukung yang dominan dapat mempengaruhi terjadinya peningkatan kemampuan berpikir kritis dengan menggunakan metode inkuiri adalah motivasi dan lingkungan belajar.</p>

scholarly journals RISK ASSESSMENT PROFILING PROCEDURE (RAPP) FOR AIR CARGO SECURITY

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 35-52
Author(s):  
Doron Levy ◽  
Yvonne Ziegler ◽  
Susanne Koch
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Homeland Security ◽  
Core Competence ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Air Cargo ◽  
Department Of Homeland Security ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Core Competence ◽  
The Right

This paper offers a risk assessment profiling procedure (RAPP) for air cargo based on leveraging the role of the human factor along the security process. RAPP is based on principles taken from the Israeli method of passenger profiling and suspicious signs published by the United State Department of Homeland Security. RAPP is challenged with the plot of 2010 to bomb an all-cargo airplane using explosives concealed in printers originating from Yemen. The core competence of RAPP is individually assessing the risk of each shipment by a qualified agent, who looks for suspicious signs and anomalous patterns and αddressing the level of risk by adjusting appropriate technological resources for detecting the explosives. RAPP allows less screening of cargo and makes the security process of air cargo more active. The combination of the human factor and the right technological resources enhances the level of success in securing air cargo.

scholarly journals Nacionalni identitet u udžbenicima o prirodi i društvu

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Danijela Vasilijević ◽  
Marina Semiz ◽  
Žana Bojović
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Primary School ◽  
General Information ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Thematic Units ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks ◽  
National Significance

The paper presents the results of a research conducted with the aim of determining the contribution of Science and Social Studies textbooks in the formation and strengthening of the national identity of younger students in primary school. The theoretical part of the paper provides an overview of different conceptualizations of the concept of national identity, as well as an overview of the research on the role of program frameworks and educational content in the development of the national identity of children and young generation. In accordance with different conceptualizations, national identity has been operationalized in 11 categories: religion, customs and traditions, national feelings, language, symbols and insignia, solidarity and togetherness, cultural heritage, important personalities, geographical concepts, family, and general information. The method of theoretical analysis and the method of content analysis were applied in the research. The units of analysis are the sentences of the basic text of the textbook. The research included the Science and Social Studies textbooks in the lower grades of primary school (N = 12). The results of the research indicate that textbooks insufficiently contribute to the formation and strengthening of the national identity of the younger school-age students, in terms of all considered categories of national identity. The conducted analysis implies that it is possible and desirable to strengthen the contents of national significance and, to a greater or lesser extent, incorporate them in all thematic units, which would significantly increase the overall share of the contents on national identity.

scholarly journals Investigating Changing In Social Studies Textbooks of Public Review (Basic Fourth and Fifth) Based on the Emphasis on Critical Thinking Skills Facione in the Last Three Decades

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Parinaz Aghababaeian ◽  
Shams Aldin Hashemi Moghaddam ◽  
Faezeh Nateghi ◽  
Alireza Faghihi
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
National Curriculum ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks

This study investigated the changes in public school social studies textbooks in general period of Iran (fourth and fifth grades) based on the emphasis on Facione critical thinking skills in the past three decades. In this study, content analysis of qualitative and quantitative methods was used to evaluate changes in textbook. For this purpose, the unit of analysis was sentence.Due to the limited population that includes all social studies textbooks from the years 1984-1985 to 2014-2015of fourth and fifth grades (a total of 9 books) sampling and sample of the population selected for the study had not been made. The data gathering instruments were self-made content analysis checklist based on Facione elements and validity was determined by experts of education science. As well as the reliability of the instrument was calculated by the Ali Delaware formula showed 85% agreement coefficient.Overall, findings indicate that the social studies books in fourth and fifth grades of primary school, in terms of attention to other critical thinking skills were written in the last three decades is very weak. 90 new books written especially given the changes in the national curriculum document and document fundamental change was not anticipated and expected. Meanwhile fifth grade social studies book in terms of attention to other critical thinking skills (0%) compared to the fourth grade social studies books had poorer conditions.

DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 456-461
Author(s):  
Zh. Tutbaeva ◽  
◽  
G. Tokshylykova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Essential Elements ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Right ◽  
Critical Thinker

The paper is devoted to the role of critical thinking in teaching and focuses on asking the right questions to get the right answers. Critical thinking is being able to think logically and reasonably. It also provides novice teachers and students with practical example of a lesson plan for a reflective teacher. It helps to see the essential elements for a lesson plan, but most importantly it provides an example of a plan heading which is crucial before planning as it helps teachers think critically before they start the lesson. A critical thinker is analytical, reflective, fair-minded, positive, curious, perseverant and creative. The researchers suggest a lesson plan for PD workshop on the importance of critical thinking with detailed procedure.

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