"Hitler is a Bully": Middle School Students' Perspectives on Holocaust Education in Greater Victoria, British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorWood, Natasha
dc.contributor.supervisorThorson, Helga
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-19T20:19:57Z
dc.date.available2013-09-19T20:19:57Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-09-19
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Germanic and Russian Studiesen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates middle school students’ interest in learning about the Holocaust, which methods are the most effective at teaching the Holocaust and how the testimony of Holocaust survivors can be retold to the next generations of middle school students. In order to answer these research questions, my study uses surveys with three classes of current middle school students in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, a focus group with graduate students at the University of Victoria and an interview with Larissa Weber, the director of the Anne Frank Exhibition in Berlin. These quantitative and qualitative results are analyzed using a mixed methods approach. The middle school students’ perceptions regarding effective educational methods when teaching the Holocaust in my limited sample (n=77 in the first survey and n=58 in the second survey) suggest that there is a connection between personal narrative and empathy when teaching the Holocaust in middle school classrooms. These findings are contextualized with a summary of the history of Holocaust education in Canadian public schools and a discussion regarding the role of empathy in learning about the Holocaust.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0515en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0311en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0534en_US
dc.description.proquestemailnatashaw@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4936
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectBullyingen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectEducationen_US
dc.subjectEducational Methodsen_US
dc.subjectHolocaust Survivoren_US
dc.subjectGreater Victoriaen_US
dc.subjectMiddle School Studenten_US
dc.subjectTeacheren_US
dc.subjectTestimonyen_US
dc.subjectToleranceen_US
dc.subjectLearningen_US
dc.subjectRacismen_US
dc.subjectStudyen_US
dc.subjectSurveyen_US
dc.subjectQualitativeen_US
dc.subjectQuantitativeen_US
dc.subjectFocus Groupen_US
dc.subjectInterviewen_US
dc.title"Hitler is a Bully": Middle School Students' Perspectives on Holocaust Education in Greater Victoria, British Columbiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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