Deliberating Immigration Policy: Locating Instructional Materials within Global and Multicultural Perspectives
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Theory and Research in Social Education
Volume
35
Issue
1
Publisher
National Council for the Social Studies
Publication Date
2007
First Page
96
Last Page
111
Abstract
A brief narrative description of the journal article, document, or resource. Numerous theorists have identified a need for students to learn to solve global concerns in an increasingly interconnected world. The issue of immigration policy is one such concern. This study analyzed the texts of two programs teaching deliberation and U.S. immigration policy. The purpose of the study was to analyze instructional materials that are deliberative in structure and identify the range of deliberative stances regarding global, nation-bound, multicultural, and mainstream perspectives in order to detect overarching ideological stances. A narrow range of deliberative stances or perspectives was indicative of an overarching ideological stance. Findings suggest that both sets of instructional materials studied are predominantly nation-bound in perspective; National Issues Forums contains mainstream perspectives of immigration policy, while Choices for the 21st Century Education Program contains some "transformative" multicultural perspectives of immigration policy.
Recommended Citation
Camicia, S. P. (2007). Deliberating immigration policy: Locating instructional materials within global and multicultural perspectives. Theory and Research in Social Education, 35(1), 96-111.
Comments
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