Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 4176

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Anatoli Rapoport

Professor

Social Studies Education,
Curriculum and Instruction

Email:
rapoport@purdue.edu

Phone:
(765) 496-3029

Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 4176

Profile

+ Education

+ Career Experience

+ Awards & Honors

Research & Publications

Social Studies Education
Citizenship Education
International and Global Education
Comparative Education
Constructivist Theory

+ Selected Publications

Yetisensoy, O. & Rapoport, A. (in press). The use of novel artificial intelligence technologies in social studies education: Focus on chatbots. Journal of International Social Studies
Zajda, J. & Rapoport, A. (in press). Inquiry-based education and globalization. Springer
Zajda, J. & Rapoport, A. (2025). Discourses of globalization and citizenship education. Springer.
Bisland, L., Fraboni, M., Rapoport, A., & Reynolds, R. (2025). The creation and development of a social studies research journal. Journal of International Social Studies, 15(1), 12-20.
Rapoport, A. (2024). Globalisation and education futures: Globalization and citizenship education. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Fourth International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research, (pp. 1079-1094). Springer
Williams, J., Cruz, B., & Rapoport, A. (2024). Teaching with a global perspective: Approaches and strategies for secondary social studies teachers. National Council for the Social Studies
Zajda, J. & Rapoport, A. (2024). Discourses of globalisation, active citizenship and education. Springer
Rapoport, A. (2024). Research trends in active citizenship education. In J. Zajda and A. Rapoport, (Eds.), Discourses of globalisation, active citizenship and education, (pp. 151-161). Springer.
Rapoport, A. (2023). Tearing human minds in pieces: The power of hypocrisy and the hypocrisy of power. In: F. P. Doppen & T. Fuss Kirkwood-Tucker (Eds.), The power of oral history narratives: Lived experiences of international global scholars and artists in their native country and after their immigration to the United States, (pp. 179-194). Information Age Publishing.
Rapoport, A. (2023). Civic and citizenship education in context: The influence of IEA studies on national curricula. [Review of the book Influence of the IEA Civic and Citizenship Education Studies: Practices, Policy, and Research Across Countries and Regions by B. Malak-Minkiewicz & J. Torney-Purta, Eds.].
Yetişensoy, O. & Rapoport, A. (2023). Artificial intelligence literacy teaching in social studies education. Journal of Pedagogical Research, 7(3), 100-110. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPR.202320866
Rapoport, A. & Demir, V. (2022). Social studies teachers’ interpretations of global citizenship. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 13(4), 1-23.
Rapoport, A. (2021). Human rights and global citizenship in social studies standards in the United States. Human Rights Education Review, 4(1), 111-132
Myers, J. & Rapoport, A. (2021). Citizenship and democratic education in the time of rising nationalism: Theory, research and practice. Citizenship, Teaching & Learning, 16(3), 297-299.
Rapoport A. (2021). The changing meaning of citizenship and identity and a perspective model of citizenship education. In Zajda J. & Majhanovich S. (Eds.), Globalisation, cultural identity and nation-building. Globalisation, comparative Education and policy research (pp. 37-50). Springer, Dordrecht
Ozturk, T., Rapoport, A., & Ozturk, F. (2021). Civic education in higher education: “Project Citizen” sample. Education Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 16(2), 382-401.
Rapoport, A. (2020). The impact of the C3 Framework on the development of global dimensions in citizenship education in state social studies standards. In J. P. Myers (Ed.), Research on teaching global issues: Pedagogy for global citizenship education (pp. 74-92). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Rapoport, A. (2020). Development of global identity in the social studies classroom. Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 11(1), 1-20.
Rapoport, A. (2020). Technologization of global citizenship education as response to challenges of globalization. Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 5(1), i-viii.
Rapoport, A. & Yemini, M. (2019). Citizenship, identity, and education: Re-imagining the contested terrain. Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice, 15(1), 3-9
Kovalchuk, S. & Rapoport, A. (2019). Democratic citizenship education in non-Western contexts. London: Routledge.
Rapoport, A. (2019). National and global in citizenship education. In A. Rapoport (Ed.), Competing Frameworks: Global and National in Citizenship Education (pp. 1-10). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Rapoport, A. (2019). Competing frameworks: Global and national in citizenship education. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Kovalchuk, S. & Rapoport, A. (2018). Democratic citizenship education in non-Western contexts: Implications for theory and research. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 48(3), 339-349.
Rapoport, A. (2018). Human rights education and democracy. Human Rights Education Bulletin. 1, 36-38
Rapoport, A. (2017). Perception of global citizenship among international participants of study abroad programs. World Studies in Education, 18(1), 5-22
Rapoport, A. (2017). McNess, E., Crossley, M., and Arthur, L. Revisiting insider-outsider research in comparative and international education (Bool review). Teachers College Record, Date Published: June 08, 2017 http://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 22032
Rapoport, A. (2017). Can we teach democracy: An introduction. In G. Kostaki, S. Zakharia, and A. Borshevsky. (Eds.),Council of Europe Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education (pp. 4-7). Komrat: Institute for Democracy.
Rapoport, A. (2016). Patriotic education in Russia: The perception of patriotism among secondary school teachers. Journal of International Social Studies, 6(2), 109-124
Rapoport, A. (2016). In search of framework for teaching global citizenship and social justice. In J. Phillion, S. Sharma, & J. Rahatzad (Eds.), Internationalizing teaching and teacher education for equity, (pp. 39-56). Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing.
Rapoport, A. (2015). Education reform and civic identity construction in Russia. Russian-American Education Forum, 7(3), n/p (Available at: http://www.rus-ameeduforum.com/content/en/?task=art&article=1001154&iid=23 )
Rapoport, A. (2015). Global citizenship education: Classroom teachers’ perspectives and approaches. In M. Merryfield, T. Augustine, & J. Harshman (Eds.), Research in global citizenship education (pp. 119-136). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing
Rapoport, A. (2015). Facing the challenge: Obstacles to global and global citizenship education in US schools. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Nation-building and history education in a global culture (pp. 155-170). Dordrecht: Springer
Rapoport, A. (2015). Global aspects of citizenship education: Challenges and perspectives. In B. Maguth & J. Hilburn (Eds.), The state of global education: Learning with the world and its people (pp.27-41). New York: Routledge.
Rapoport, A. (2015). Challenges and opportunities: Resocialization as a framework for global citizenship education. In J. Zajda (Ed.), Globalization, ideology and politics of education reform (pp. 11-25). Dordrecht: Springer
Dundar, S., & Rapoport, A. (2014). Elementary students’ attitudes toward social studies, math, and science: An analysis with the emphasis on social studies. The Councilor: A Journal of Social Studies, 75(2), 1-11.
Rapoport, A. & Borshevsky, A. (2014). Multicultural education as a necessary condition to combat anti-Semitism. In E. Brick (Ed.) Annals of Judaica Institute #5 (pp. 9-16). Chisinau: Judaica Institute.
Rapoport, A. (2014). Forging rights in a new democracy: Ukrainian students between freedom and justice by Anna Fournier. (Book review). European Education, 46(1), 100-103.
Rapoport, A. (2013) Challenges to citizenship education in the post-Soviet era: Can education for democratic citizenship sustain the tide of patriotism? In A. Borshevsky, I. Vlakh & N. Duradur (Eds.), Active methods of citizenship education (pp. 14-20). Komrat: Institute for Democracy
Rapoport. A. (2013). Teacher exchange as a means of social studies curriculum internationalization. Journal of International Social Studies, 3(1), 69-79.
Rapoport, A. (2013). Global citizenship themes in the social studies classroom: Teaching devices and teachers’ attitudes. The Educational Forum, 77(4), 407-420.
Rapoport, A. (2013).The role and place of academic standards in the preparation of social studies teachers [in Russian]. In T. Temirov, G. Novikova, & A. Ioffe (Eds.) Problems of education quality: Best practices and innovations (pp. 46-52). Naberezhny Chelny, Russia: Center for Education and Development
Rapoport, A. (2012). Educating new citizens: The role of patriotic education in the post-Soviet countries. Educational Practice and Theory, 34(2), 81-105.
Rapoport, A. (2012).Challenges of social studies education: Views from around the world. Journal of International Social Studies, 2(2), 84-90
Rapoport, A. (2012). The role of Holocaust education in global citizenship education. Annals of Judaica Institute (pp. 9-15)
Rapoport, A. (2012). “I saw it with my own eyes”: Knowledge-constructing processes in the course of international exchanges of educators. In R. Helfenbein & T. Mason (Eds.), Ethics and international curriculum work: The challenges of culture and context (pp.185-204). Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Rapoport, A. (2012). Tucker, M. Surpassing Shanghai: An agenda for American education built on the world’s leading systems. Book review. Teachers College Record. Available at http://www.tcrecord.org/books/abstract.asp? ContentId=16634
Rapoport, A. (2011). The place of global citizenship in the social studies classroom. In W. Russell (Ed.), Contemporary social studies: An essential reader (pp.77-95). Charlotte: Information Age Publishing.
Rapoport, A. (2011). Nation-building, identity and citizenship education: cross cultural perspectives. (Book review). Asia-Pacific Journal of Education 31(2), 225-227.
Rapoport, A. (2011). For a rainy day: Motives and aims of the possible Stalin’s Final Solution. In Annals of Judaica Institute (pp. 5-27). Chisinau; Judaica Institute
Rapoport, A. (2011). Sustainability of teachers’ international experiences: Conditions for institutionalization of international program outcomes. Education Research International, vol. 2011, 1-9, article ID 591276; doi: 10.1155/2011
Rapoport, A. (2011). Civil society in the Republic of Moldova and the need of new models in citizenship education. In V. Anikin & I. Vlakh (Eds.). Civil Society: Problems and Perspectives (pp. 22-30). Komrat: Institute for Democracy.
Rapoport, A. (2011). In search of identity: Competing models in Russia’s civic education. In M. Grumet & L. Yates (Eds.), World Yearbook of Education 2011. Curriculum in Today’s World: Configuring Knowledge, Identities, Work and Politics (pp.199-213).London: Routledge
Rapoport, A. (2010). We cannot teach what we don’t know: Indiana teachers talk about global citizenship education. Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 5(3), 179-190.
Rapoport, A. (2010). Similar rhetoric, different goals: Contemporary tendencies in patriotic education in Russia and Ukraine. World Studies in Education, 10(1), 27-46.
Rapoport, A. (2009). Countersocialization as citizenship education framework to combat corruption in transitional democracies. In A. Smokine & N. Chervenkov (Eds.), Education and Corruption (34-44). Chisinau: Ruxanda
Rapoport, A. (2009). Lonely business or mutual concern: The role of comparative education in the cosmopolitan citizenship debates. Current Issues in Comparative Education, 12(1) https://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice/
Borshevsky, A. & Rapoport, A. (2009) Civic education in contemporary global society (in Russian). Komrat: Institute of Democracy
Rapoport, A. (2009). Patriotic education in Russia: Stylistic move or the sign of substantive counter-reform? The Educational Forum 73(2), 141-153.
Rapoport, A. (2009). A forgotten concept: Global citizenship education and state social studies standards. Journal of Social Studies Research 33(1), 75-93.
Rapoport, A. (2008). Chained together: Education for global citizenship and human rights(in Russian).[Svyazannye odnoi tsepyu: Obrazovaniye v oblasti prav cheloveka I obrazovaniye v duhe global’nogo grazhdanstva]. In V. Anikin and R. Kleiman (Eds.) Civic education and human rights (pp. 18-34). Pontos: Chisinau, Moldova
Rapoport, A. (2008). The impact of international programs on careers and pedagogical practices of their participants: Russian experience. Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice14(3), 225-238.
Rapoport, A. (2008). Exchange programs for educators: American and Russian perspectives. Intercultural Education, 19(1), 67-77.
Rapoport, A. (2007). Fields unknown: Russian and American teachers on their exchange experiences. Saarbrücken: VDM Verlag.
Rapoport, A. (2007). The role of academic credits in the evaluation of learning outcomes (in Russian). Sbornik nauchnykh trudov Tulskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogicheskogo Universiteta (pp.50-55) Tula State Pedagogical University
Rapoport, A. (2007). International exchange programs for educators: The role of participants’ culture in the interpretation of results. International Education 36(2), 83-105.
Rapoport, A. (2006). “Least known to Americans”: Content materials about the Soviet Union in the 1940s-1950s. The Social Studies, 97(2), 56-61.
Rapoport, A.(2006).Beware of Greeks? Some aspects of inter-cultural communication in international training programs for educators. Intercultural Education, 17(2), 179-194.
Nelson, L., & Rapoport, A. (2005). Russian civic education and social studies education at Purdue University. International Journal of Social Education, 20(2), 99-114.
Rapoport, A. (2004). International studies brought to light. Viewpoints, 34(2), 6.
Rapoport, A. (2004). Hope, hostility, interest: What motivated teachers to teach about the Soviet Union after World War II. International Journal of Social Education, 19(1), 48-63.
Rapoport, A. (2003). On the development of multicultural competency of future teachers (in Bulgarian). In Prevantivna pedagogika kato nauchno poznaniye (pp.64-74). Sofia: Sofia St. Clement University.
Nelson, L., Drake, F., & Rapoport, A. (2002). The teaching and learning of History in the education of democratic citizens in Russia and the United States (in Russian). In V. Fokine (Ed.), Grazhdanskoye obrazovaniye: Otechestvennyi i zarubezhnyi opyt v podgotovke pedagogo (pp. 57-66). Tula State Pedagogical University.
Rapoport, A. (2002). About some aspects and problems of multicultural education (in Russian). In V. Fokine (Ed.), Grazhdanskoye obrazovaniye: Otechestvennyi i zarubezhnyi opyt v podgotovke pedagogov (pp.114-121). Tula State University.
Rapoport, A. (2002). Sergei Ivanov. Russkaya istoria 1917-1991:Strukturnyi kurs. (Book review). Canadian Slavonic Papers, 44(1-2)

+ Current Grants & Funded Research

Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship (2025-2027). Agency: US Department of State. Amount $750,000
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellowship (2022-2024). Agency: US Department of State. Amount $750,000
Study Abroad & International Learning (SAIL) Grant. (2021-2022). Agency: Purdue University. Amount $8,000
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute (2020). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $250,000.
BFTF Alumni Int’l Youth Conference (2019). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $80,000.
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute (2019-2020). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $250,000.
Non-Laboratory Equipment Grant (2019). Agency: Purdue University/Office of Vice President of Research. Amount, $2,650 .
Benjamin Franklin Summer Institute (BFTF) (2018-2019). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $250,000.
Undergraduate Research Assistant (URT) Grant (2018-2019). Agency: Purdue University/College of Education. Amount, $1,000.
2018 SAIL Grant (2018-2019). Agency: Purdue University/Office of Int’l Programs. Amount, $5,000.
Intercultural Pedagogy Grant (IPG) (2017-2018). Agency: Purdue University. Amount, $3,000.
International Travel Grant (2017-2018). Agency: Purdue University/College of Education. Amount, $1,000.
2017 SAIL Grant (2017). Agency: Purdue University/Office of Int’l Programs . Amount, $12,000.
Kazakhstan Educational Research Program: KERP (2016-2017). Agency: Government of Kazakhstan. Amount, $20,000.
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Institute Grant (2015-2016). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $225,000 .
Non-laboratory Research Infrastructure and Equipment Grant (2014-2015). Agency: 2014-2015. Amount, $2,275.
Synergy Grant (). Agency: . Amount, .
(2014-2015). Agency: Purdue University/College of Education. Amount, $2,500.
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Institute Grant (2014-2015). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $225,000.
Benjamin Franklin Transatlantic Fellows Institute Grant (2013-2014). Agency: US Department of State. Amount, $225,000.
SAIL Grant (2012-2014). Agency: Purdue University Int’l Office. Amount, $8,400.
Study Abroad Grant (2011). Agency: Purdue University Int’l Office. Amount, $2,500.
PRF Summer Research Grant (2011). Agency: Purdue University Research Foundation. Amount, $8,000.
Sustainability of Teacher Exchange Programs’ Results (2011). Agency: American Councils for International Education. Amount, $2,500.
PRF International Travel Grant (2010). Agency: Purdue University. Amount, $1,000.
Synergy Grant (2010). Agency: Purdue University/Holms Partnership. Amount, $2.500.
Supplemental Travel Award (2010). Agency: Purdue University/College of Education. Amount, $300.
Teachers to Teachers: LTMS Exchange (2009-2010). Agency: US Department of State/American Councils for International Education. Amount, $57,000.
Supplemental Travel Award (2009). Agency: Purdue University/Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Amount, $500.
Teaching Excellence and Achievement Conference (2009). Agency: US Department of State/International Research and Exchange Board. Amount, $80,000.
Teaching Excellence and Achievement (2009). Agency: US Department of State/International Research and Exchange Board. Amount, $170,000.
Teachers to Teachers: LTMS Exchange (2008). Agency: US Department of State/ American Council for International Education. Amount, $57,000.
Study Abroad and International Learning (SAIL) Grant (2008). Agency: Purdue University/Office of International Programs. Amount, $6,238.
Teachers To Teachers: LTMS Exchange (2007). Agency: US Department of State/ American Council for International Education. Amount, $100.00.
International Graduate Student Recruitment Grant (2005-2006). Agency: Purdue University/Office of International Programs. Amount, $15,000.
State of International Education in Indiana Secondary Schools (2003). Agency: Indiana Department of Education. Amount, $9,113.
US Textbooks for Russia (2003). Agency: World Bank/ American Councils for International Education. Amount, $1,000.
Study Abroad & International Learning (SAIL) (2003). Agency: Purdue University/Office of International Programs. Amount, $12,500.

Courses Typically Taught

EDCI 21710 — Teaching Geography in Secondary School
EDCI 36100 — Teaching Social Studies in Elementary School
EDCI 42300 — Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School
EDCI 43300 — Teaching Social Studies in Middle and High School
EDCI 49000 — Seminar in Russian History
EDCI 59000 — Phenomenological Inquiry in Education
EDCI 59100 — Comparative Education and Comparative Methods in Social Education
EDCI 60500 — Seminar in Elementary Social Studies
EDCI 62400 — Seminar in Secondary Social Studies
EDCI 628/63800 — Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Seminar