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Playing It Safe in Volatile Times: Teacher Neutrality When Teaching About Trump and Economic Inequality

Fri, April 13, 12:00 to 1:30pm, New York Hilton Midtown, Floor: Fourth Floor, New York Suite

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This is a cross-national symposium of researchers from the United States and Canada, exploring how teachers conceive of and negotiate neutrality in classroom discussions about two polarizing topics: economic inequality and the presidency of Donald Trump. The papers in this session report on a data set that is unique in two ways. First, it includes teachers from a representative sample of U.S. public high schools and government supported schools in Canada, allowing the authors to speak to how teaches grapple with issues of neutrality across very different political contexts (red, blue, and purple.)  Second, it includes math, English, and social studies teachers allowing for examination of how issues of neutrality play out across different subject areas. 

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