Police as “Helpers”: Social Studies Content Standards and Dominant Narratives of Law Enforcement

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2110450
Author(s):  
Suneal Kolluri ◽  
Kimberly Young
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Content Standards ◽  
Community Benefit ◽  
Marginalized Communities ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Dominant Narratives

Curricular standards have the potential to elevate dominant ideology at the expense of marginalized perspectives. Recently, dominant narratives of police as a community benefit have been passionately challenged in the public sphere. Through a critical discourse analysis of social studies content standards of 50 states, we evaluate which narratives about law enforcement are reinforced in K–12 curricula. While police in marginalized communities are widely viewed as illegitimate, implicated in a long history of violence, and embedded in structures of oppression, we find that in social studies standards, they are conveyed as the opposite. The police are legitimate, only momentarily violent, and a functional institution abstracted from oppressive systems. We discuss the implications of this curricular dissonance for marginalized communities.

scholarly journals Economics and the civic mission of social studies education: Two critiques of neoclassicism

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin C Adams
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Social Studies Education ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
Content Standards ◽  
Neoclassical Theory ◽  
Good Citizenship ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
K 12

This article examines the theoretical assumptions underlying K-12 economic curriculum and the consequences of this curriculum for citizenship education and democracy. Specifically, the article discusses scholarship related to the critique of neoclassic economic theory’s role in influencing the Voluntary National Content Standards in Economics and the trickle-down effects into state standards and textbooks. From the literature, the author uncovers two main critiques of neoclassicism: that neoclassic theory is unrealistic and impersonal. Neoclassic theory has enormous consequences for the civic mission of social studies. The author investigates the extent to which neoclassical theory makes for good citizenship and is desirable for a democratic society.

(Mis)representation of Latinxs in Florida social studies standards

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika Davis
Keyword(s):  
Critical Race Theory ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Dominant Narratives ◽  
Whiteness As Property

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how frequently Latinxs and Latin Americans and/or topics related to these groups are represented in the Florida K-12 social studies standards and in what contexts. Drawing from critical race theory (CRT), this study further questions to what extent these contexts account for intersectionality among Latinxs and Latin Americans, challenge dominant narratives and stereotypes through counter-perspectives or reinforce whiteness as property. Design/methodology/approach All Florida social studies benchmarks relevant to Latinxs and/or Latin Americans were extracted and the frequency of representation and percentage of coverage were calculated. As a mixed-methods study, the context of representation was accounted for through a textual analysis of all extracted benchmarks which were grouped into emerging themes based on CRT tenets and principles. Findings Three contextual themes developed: political conflict/war, immigration and suppression or absence. Findings from this critical analysis of Florida social studies standards illuminate the continued racial and ethnic disparities in educational standards, curriculum and materials that leave some students and their histories out of the discourse. Practical implications Florida social studies standards require large-scale reform with input from Latinx communities and scholars to create an accurate and inclusive narrative and basis for social studies education. Originality/value This paper underscores the importance of culturally relevant and nuanced representations of Latinxs and Latin Americans in educational discourses.

Exploring Guild Participation in MMORPGs and Civic Leadership

2010 ◽  
pp. 176-204
Author(s):  
Adam Friedman ◽  
Richard Hartshorne ◽  
Phillip VanFossen
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Role Play ◽  
World Of Warcraft ◽  
National Standards ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Content Standards ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Studies Teacher ◽  
Civic Leadership ◽  
K 12

This chapter reports the results of a survey study of the civic engagement and participation of guild members in the massively multi-player online role play game (MMORPG) World of Warcraft (WoW). Further, the authors explore the implications of the results of the study for K-12 social studies education. Specifically, the authors focus on the potential of MMORPGs such as WoW for meeting content standards in the social studies—in this case, the National Standards for Civics and Government--and for impacting on pre-service social studies teacher education.

The Role of Graphic Novels in K-12 Classrooms

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-141
Author(s):  
Barbara J. McClanahan ◽  
Maribeth Nottingham
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
English Language ◽  
Graphic Novels ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
History Of ◽  
American Schools ◽  
K 12

This chapter provides a brief introduction to the history of graphic novels in American schools, followed by a review of the literature regarding past graphic novel use. The authors then turn their attention to the real possibilities for use in schools in several major categories as described by current researchers, specifically in English language arts, math, social studies, science, and internet research. The chapter closes with suggestions as to what must take place in order for teachers to integrate graphic novels more effectively in their classrooms and highlights research areas that need to be addressed to support them.

Public Order: Concept and Category Content

2020 ◽  
pp. 95-99
Author(s):  
R. G. Kalustov
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of

The article discusses the emergence and development, as well as existing approaches to understanding the concept of “public order”. The history of the formation of this category is examined by analyzing regulatory legal acts. This method allows you to track the change in value and determine how to correctly understand the “public order” today. Revealing the concept, ambiguity arises in understanding this category, in connection with which the most applicable approach is currently determined for use in practice by law enforcement agencies.

scholarly journals Limiting Freedom During the Covid-19 Emergency in Italy: Short Notes on the New “Populist Rule of Law”

Global Jurist ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Simoni
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Government

AbstractThe implications of the severe lockdown regime introduced in Italy in the context of the Covid-19 emergency can be correctly understood only through a broader look at how the text of the provisions adopted by the government is transformed by media reporting and law enforcement practice. From such a perspective, it appears clearly that we are witnessing nothing more than the most recent segment of a populist approach to the use of legal tools, the history of which starts well before the pandemic.

scholarly journals ‘Policing Is a Profession of the Heart’: Evangelicalism and Modern American Policing

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 194
Author(s):  
Aaron Griffith
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
American Politics ◽  
Short History ◽  
Carceral State ◽  
American Life ◽  
Politics And Culture ◽  
American Law ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Site

Though several powerful explorations of modern evangelical influence in American politics and culture have appeared in recent years (many of which illumine the seeming complications of evangelical influence in the Trump era), there is more work that needs to be done on the matter of evangelical understandings of and influence in American law enforcement. This article explores evangelical interest and influence in modern American policing. Drawing upon complementary interpretations of the “antistatist statist” nature of modern evangelicalism and the carceral state, this article offers a short history of modern evangelical understandings of law enforcement and an exploration of contemporary evangelical ministry to police officers. It argues that, in their entries into debates about law enforcement’s purpose in American life, evangelicals frame policing as both a divinely sanctioned activity and a site of sentimental engagement. Both frames expand the power and reach of policing, limiting evangelicals’ abilities to see and correct problems within the profession.

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