Student-Centeredness in Social Science Textbooks, 1970-2008: A Cross-National Study

Student-Centeredness in Social Science Textbooks, 1970-2008: A Cross-National Study*

A striking feature of modern societies is the extent to which individual persons are culturally validated as equal and empowered actors. The expansion of a wide range of rights in recent decades, given prominence in current discussions of world society, supports an expanded conception of the individual. We examine the extent to which broad global changes promoting human empowerment are associat...

Human Rights in Social Science Textbooks: Cross- national Analyses, 1970–2008

In reaction to the disasters of the first half the 20th century and World War II, a dramatic world movement arose emphasizing the human rights of persons in global society. The contrast—celebrated in international treaties, intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations, and much cultural discourse—was with narrower world emphases on the rights of citizens of national states. Since the 197...

Deconstructing Teacher-Centeredness and Student-Centeredness Dichotomy: A Case Study of a Shanghai Mathematics Lesson

Teacher-dominated classrooms with some student-centered elements are a perplexing phenomenon of Chinese mathematics classrooms. In-depth exploration of this phenomenon is helpful for understanding the features of mathematics teaching in China. This paper demonstrates how the teacher can encourage students to actively generate knowledge under the teacher’s control from a perspective of variation...

Student Perceptions of Electronic Textbooks

Electronic books traditionally haven’t been popular with the public but electronic textbooks have been starting to gain traction on college campuses. Textbook publishers and faculty have been experimenting with using them in the classroom with mixed success. Students seem less than enamored with electronic textbooks. This research uses a survey to examine student preferences regarding paper tex...

Social Change and Anomie: A Cross-National Study