3 Rapoport books published in 2024-25
Anatoli Rapoport, professor of social studies education in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction, published three books in 2024-25.
Book One
Publication Title
Teaching With a Global Perspective: Approaches and Strategies for Secondary Social Studies Teachers
Purdue Author
Publisher
National Council for the Social Studies
Publication Date
August 2024
About the Book
To prepare students as globally aware future leaders, social studies curricula must reflect the reality of these current global challenges. Drawing from theories and frameworks in global social studies education, Jing A. Williams, Bárbara C. Cruz, and Anatoli Rapoport provide practical, cross-curricular methods for secondary social studies teachers to incorporate global education into their daily teaching. This book also includes powerful vignettes based on real classroom interactions and innovative, classroom-tested teaching approaches and strategies that engage students in activities that hold personal meaning for them. Benefitting educators at all levels, it encourages educators to cultivate global awareness, challenge their students’ thinking, and support their development as informed citizens in an interconnected world.
Book Two
Publication Title
Discourses of Globalisation and Citizenship Education
Purdue Editor
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
August 2025
About the Book
This book analyzes dominant discourses of globalization and citizenship in schools. It focuses on topics such as the impact of technology on inquiry in citizenship education and global citizenship teacher education through collaborative online international learning. The chapters in this volume advance further dominant discourses on the phenomenon of globalization and citizenship education and how they impact the nature of teaching citizenship education in schools around the world. By building on intercultural dialogue, citizenship education and values education in schools, the book promotes critical appraisal of various views of the world and offers different ways to reconstruct and reimagine social reality and citizenship education for democracy and equality.
Book Three
Publication Title
Discourses of Globalisation, Active Citizenship and Education
Purdue Editor
Publisher
Springer
Publication Date
June 2025
About the Book
This book analyzes how globalization shapes citizenship education in schools, exploring competing ideologies, the impact of technology, and the challenges of preparing students for a globally interconnected world. It examines how different worldviews construct meanings for globalization and citizenship, promoting critical appraisal of various perspectives and reimagining social reality for democracy and equality. The book is part of a series on globalization and education, edited by Joseph Zajda, and features contributions from scholars like Anatoli Rapoport. It is part of the “Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research” series.
About the Author
Anatoli Rapoport is a professor of curriculum and instruction in the College of Education. His research interests include citizenship education, international and global education, comparative education, and application of constructivist theory in education. Rapoport is also a board member of National Council for the Social Studies International Assembly and the past editor of Journal of International Social Studies.