Dismantling Orientalist Representations in Us Education: Schooling and Otherness in the Social Studies Classroom

This 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.

Daniel Osborn is an instructor at Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, USA, and an education nonprofit professional specializing in history and social studies curriculum writing and teacher professional development.