Teaching controversial issues in Secondary Education

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Teaching controversial issues in Secondary Education is written by Delfín Ortega-Sánchez and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2832562086 (ISBN 10) and 9782832562086 (ISBN 13).

Despite the difficulties in defining the concept of 'controversial issue', it can be stated that it has general characteristics based on the integration of conflicting values and interests, on the presence of individual or social sensitivities, and on the potential generation of emotions. Its approach leads to multiple solutions, open to discussion, such as climate change, terrorism or war. From the theoretical principles of education for global citizenship, the development and acquisition of social competences aimed at providing solutions to contemporary controversial issues is expected. The didactic treatment of these contents favors the contrast of argued perspectives, elective rationality in decision-making in controversial or problematic contexts, and social commitment as an inherent part of the democratic process.