Preparing Preservice Teachers to Implement Holocaust Curriculum in Elementary Grades: A Study That Shows the Effects on Undergraduate Students' Cognitive, Reflective, Affective, and Active Domains

Academy for Educational Studies. 2419 Berkeley Street, Springfield, MO 65804. Tel: 417-299-1560; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://academyforeducationalstudies.org

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Teaching Methods; Preservice Teacher Education; Death; Jews; European History; History Instruction; Units of Study; Elementary School Teachers; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Course Content; Self Efficacy; Undergraduate Students; Multicultural Education; Surveys; Student Attitudes; Civil Rights; Essays; Propaganda; Foreign Policy; Racial Bias; Controversial Issues (Course Content)

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Recognizing the need to prepare elementary education teacher-candidates to implement state-mandated curriculum, a Genocide Studies Unit was developed. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Unit in building preservice teachers' knowledge-base and efficacy levels with a mind toward preparing teachers to implement difficult content more effectively. Participants reported increased content knowledge about genocide studies, and expressed confidence in teaching sensitive and challenging topics in their classrooms.

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2021

EJ1287248