Justice-oriented global education within three world history teachers' worldviews and practice
Social Studies Research and Practice
ISSN: 1933-5415
Article publication date: 16 August 2021
Issue publication date: 11 May 2022
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to present the development of justice-oriented worldviews among three New York City public school global history teachers and its manifestations in their curriculum and practice.
Design/methodology/approach
This qualitative study, part of a larger study, relied on interviews centering around participants' backgrounds, international experiences and global perspectives, along with observations of their teaching.
Findings
The findings show that participants' experiences, particularly with global issues such as climate change, capitalism, and global inequality influenced their worldviews to focus on justice. As a result, there were direct connections of their justice-oriented worldviews in their teaching of global history.
Originality/value
This study highlights the ways in which global history teachers' worldviews influence their teaching practice. Presenting justice-oriented teaching allows for veteran and future teachers to consider this type of instruction in their world history and global studies classroom. Additionally, this study provides insight into the intersections of world history and global education taking place within secondary classrooms that focus on justice rather than traditional world history content teaching.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Dr. Sandra Schmidt for her guidance throughout the author’s thinking and writing process.
Citation
Shatara, H. (2022), "Justice-oriented global education within three world history teachers' worldviews and practice", Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 114-125. https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-06-2020-0027
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited