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History at the Gates: How Teacher and School Characteristics Relate to Implementation of a State Mandate on Holocaust Education
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History at the Gates: How Teacher and School Characteristics Relate to Implementation of a State Mandate on Holocaust Education.
Creator
Dobrick, Alison, Fritzer, Penelope, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
This quantitative study examines implementation by one Florida school district's fifth grade teachers of a state mandate to teach about the Holocaust. Teachers' responses to survey questions were analyzed to determine the relationships between choosing to teach about the Holocaust and factors like exposure to Holocaust content and teacher/school demographics. In addition, this study explores descriptive data about the nature of resources, materials, and teaching methods used to teach about...
Show moreThis quantitative study examines implementation by one Florida school district's fifth grade teachers of a state mandate to teach about the Holocaust. Teachers' responses to survey questions were analyzed to determine the relationships between choosing to teach about the Holocaust and factors like exposure to Holocaust content and teacher/school demographics. In addition, this study explores descriptive data about the nature of resources, materials, and teaching methods used to teach about the Holocaust in elementary classrooms. The findings of this study demonstrate the background knowledge and resources that teachers need to increase their implementation of Holocaust education in the classroom. Suggestions for the development of more effective workshops, information dissemination strategies, and teacher resources for Holocaust education and other mandated areas are also included in this study. To provide the necessary background for the exploration of the implementation of Florida's Holocaust education mandate, this study examines: the importance of Holocaust education; effective instructional practices in Holocaust education; connections between Holocaust education and multicultural goals; and the history of the passage of legislation related to Holocaust education. As the title suggests, teachers are the final "gatekeepers" of the curriculum: their decisions determine the extent to which topics will be taught. For this reason, this study examines the connections between teachers, their experiences, and their decisions to teach about crucial, mandated subjects like the Holocaust.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000662
Subject Headings
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Florida, Curriculum planning--Florida, Effective teaching--Florida, Multicultural education--Florida
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Document (PDF)
WOMEN IN THE DETECTIVE NOVELS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE
Title
WOMEN IN THE DETECTIVE NOVELS OF AGATHA CHRISTIE.
Creator
FRITZER, PENELOPE JOAN., Florida Atlantic University, Peyton, Ann
Abstract/Description
Agatha Christie's writing career of more than fifty years gave her room to develop certain themes in social history. One of the most interesting of these is her presentation of women. Christie's two major types are older, unmarried women and young, high-spirited girls. Within those two types, Christie deals with the good, the evil, the eccentric, and the ineffectual. Her characterizations also include l ess important types, but those tvvo major kinds of woman dominate her detective novels....
Show moreAgatha Christie's writing career of more than fifty years gave her room to develop certain themes in social history. One of the most interesting of these is her presentation of women. Christie's two major types are older, unmarried women and young, high-spirited girls. Within those two types, Christie deals with the good, the evil, the eccentric, and the ineffectual. Her characterizations also include l ess important types, but those tvvo major kinds of woman dominate her detective novels. Miss Marple in particular is an important character and incorporates many of the strong virtues with which Christie imbues her women.
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Date Issued
1979
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13967
Subject Headings
Christie, Agatha,--1890-1976.--Criticism and interpretation., Women in literature.
Format
Document (PDF)