Teaching Asia in US Secondary School Classrooms: A Curriculum of Othering

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Won-Pyo; Halvorsen, Anne-Lise
Titel	Teaching Asia in US Secondary School Classrooms: A Curriculum of Othering
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 42 (2010) 3, S.371-393 (23 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Curriculum; Asian Culture; Foreign Culture; Foreign Countries; Social Studies; Teacher Attitudes; Secondary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Educational Objectives; Social Attitudes; Instructional Materials; Prior Learning; Cultural Awareness; Secondary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fremdes; Ausland; Gemeinschaftskunde; Lehrerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Vorkenntnisse; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	This study examines six US social studies teachers' beliefs and curricular decisions that impact their teaching about Asia. Using interview data, the study seeks to understand the forces that influence what, how, and when teachers teach about Asia in their secondary classes, if and how they position Asians as "others", and what bearing that has on how these teachers represent Asia in the curriculum. As the study investigates these topics in light of the wider social perceptions of Asia in US society, it uses cultural studies as a major theoretical framework. Major findings show that there is a significant gap between teachers' personal goals for instruction and students' perceptions about Asia, the latter of which are often influenced by mass media and popular culture. The study provides a new perspective on understanding the nature and social function of the school curriculum as producer of the collective perception of other peoples and cultures. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 16 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10