Sensitive and controversial issues in the classroom: Teaching history in a divided society

K Kello - Teachers and Teaching, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Teaching sensitive and controversial issues (SCIs) is of growing interest in contemporary,
increasingly heterogeneous societies. In democracies, different groups and institutions …

Language policies and practices across the Baltic: Processes, challenges and prospects

T Vihalemm, G Hogan-Brun - European Journal of Applied …, 2013 - degruyter.com
We examine actions taken in the three Baltic states to (re-) establish their national
languages in de facto multilingual surroundings. The implementation processes and initial …

Intrinsic and extrinsic patriotism in school: Teaching history after Estonia's critical juncture

K Kello, W Wagner - International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 2014 - Elsevier
It is often postulated that history as a school subject is a prominent means of identity and
patriotism building in students. In fact, the subject probably does function that way in most …

Decentralisation and language policy: local municipalities' role in language education policies. Insights from Denmark and Estonia

M Siiner - Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The present article contributes to attempts to re-conceptualise the top-down perspective on
language policy, by analysing the role of local and city governments' agency in language …

Change in language of instruction in Russian medium schools: Multilevel analysis of attitudes and language proficiency

A Masso, M Soll - Journal of Baltic Studies, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to explain the positions regarding change in language of instruction in
Russian-medium schools. The empirical basis for this article is a representative survey …

Identity and othering in past and present: Representations of the Soviet era in Estonian post-Soviet textbooks

K Kello - Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2017 - jspp.psychopen.eu
This paper analyses representations of the 'core Soviet era'(1945-1985) in Estonian post-
Soviet history textbooks (1989-2016). Attitudes towards the Soviet system have been a rich …

[PDF][PDF] Between economic growth and social justice: different inequality dynamics in the Baltic States

J Masso, K Espenberg, A Masso, I Mierina, K Philips - Nolan et al, eds, 2014 - f.lib.dipuni.uz
The Baltic States provide a very interesting case for the study of inequality, thanks to their
remarkably dynamic macroeconomic environment over the past 30 years, which has had …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating processes of internalisation of values through theatre for development

T Courtney, J Battye - Journal of Social and Political …, 2018 - journals.psychopen.eu
Used in many communities, Theatre for Development (TfD) allows performers and
audiences to interrogate their cultural history and their society to promote positive social …

Understanding the post-Soviet nuclear locality through language policy orientations

I Dabašinskienė - Journal of Baltic studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study focuses on a unique case of Visaginas, a Lithuanian post-Soviet nuclear industry
site both geographically and mentally marked by the Soviet mono-industrial past, as …

[引用][C] Transitional and retrospective justice in the Baltic States

EC Pettai, V Pettai - 2014 - Cambridge University Press