“I Never Even Thought I Could Learn This Way”: Students Theorize an Anti-War Curriculum

This article describes a series of focus group and individual interviews with students during and after a design study that centered student voices on political and social activism as it was presented to them through a 3-week unit of instruction presenting a critical and more authentic understanding of war. The interviews center student theorizing of what an anti-war unit of instruction and curriculum should be.

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The Journal of Social Studies Research
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2025-11-02
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https://doi.org/10.1177/0885985x251372181
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Peace and Human Rights Education
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“I Never Even Thought I Could Learn This Way”: Students Theorize an Anti-War Curriculum

Brian Gibbs
The Journal of Social Studies Research
Peace and Human Rights Education
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“I Never Even Thought I Could Learn This Way”: Students Theorize an Anti-War Curriculum

Brian Gibbs
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This article describes a series of focus group and individual interviews with students during and after a design study that centered student voices on political and social activism as it was presented to them through a 3-week unit of instruction presenting a critical and more authentic understanding of war. The interviews center student theorizing of what an anti-war unit of instruction and curriculum should be.

The Journal of Social Studies ResearchVol. 50(1)
Georgia College & State University (US)
Openalex Percentile: Top 58%
Peace and Human Rights Education
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