Education and Indoctrination in the Social Sciences: Research-based Protocols for Best Practices of Teaching with Objectivity.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 1-1-2018
Publication Title
National Social Science Journal
Volume
50
Issue
2
First page number:
36
Last page number:
41
Abstract
Does teaching necessarily imply the indoctrination of one’s students? To answer that conceptual question, it is important to know what is meant by “indoctrination.” This study defined indoctrination as it applied to the classroom, and demonstrated that teaching often involves indoctrination, either through the content of the lessons, hidden messages in textbooks (Sadker, 2017; Ferguson, Brown, & Torres, 2016), statements of the teacher (Journell, 2016), or the intent of the teacher (Håkansson, 2015). While indoctrination is often an unintended side-effect of teaching, (Nationally refereed with a 12-15% acceptance rate) (Online and Print).
Keywords
Education, Indoctrination, Social Studies
Language
eng
Repository Citation
Levitt, G.,
Deever, D. A.,
Grubaugh, S. J.,
Gonzales, G.
(2018).
Education and Indoctrination in the Social Sciences: Research-based Protocols for Best Practices of Teaching with Objectivity..
National Social Science Journal, 50(2),
36-41.