Dismantling Orientalist Representations in US Education by Da... - 9781032459103

Dismantling Orientalist Representations in US EducationSchooling and Otherness in the Social Studies Classroom\nAuthor(s): Daniel Osborn\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032459103, 978-1032459103\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the evolving role played by the social studies classroom in shaping national identity and contributing to Orientalism, which depicts the peoples of the Middle East as the Other relative to those of the United States and Europe.\n\nBuilding upon the momentum of critical approaches to examining the nature of knowledge, the role of schools in society, and the trends within social studies education and its hidden curriculum, the volume crucially shifts the focus toward a more global emphasis, examining the nature of Orientalism and the school as a setting where Orientalist logic and assumptions about the Middle East and its inhabitants are reified. Focusing on the ecosystem of social studies kn.