ABSTRACT

Social Studies Today: Research and Practice inspires educators to think freshly and knowingly about social studies education in the early years of the twenty first century. Written by the field’s leading scholars, this collection provokes readers to consider the relationship of research and practice as they think through some of the most interesting challenges that animate social studies education today.

Contributors to this volume include luminaries like James Banks, Carole Hahn, Keith Barton, Geneva Gay, Steve Thornton, Linda Levstik, Sam Wineburg, Fred Newmann and more. Each chapter tackles a specific issue and includes discussion of topics such as teaching history, learning tolerance, assessment, globalization, children’s literature, culturally relevant pedagogy, and teaching about genocide. Walter Parker not only pulled these chapters together but also contributes two of his own---both of which are sure to be cited as key works of this era.

Accessible, compelling, and full of rich examples and illustrations, this collection showcases some of the most original thinking in the field and offers pre- and in-service teachers alike new ways to improve social studies instruction.

Preface

Introduction

  1. Social studies education eC21. Walter C. Parker
  2. Part I: Purpose Matters

  3. Social Studies and the Social Order: Transmission or Transformation? William B. Stanley
  4. The Social Studies Wars, Now and Then. Ronald W. Evans
  5. Why Don't More History Teachers Engage Students in Interpretation? Keith C. Barton & Linda S. Levstik
  6. High-Stakes Testing: How Are Social Studies Teachers Responding? S. G. Grant
  7. Authentic Intellectual Work: Common Standards for Teaching Social Studies. M. Bruce King, Fred M. Newmann & Dana L. Carmichael
  8. Part II: Perspective Matters

  9. Education and Diversity. James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, & Walter G. Stephan
  10. Isn’t Culturally Responsive Instruction Just Good Teaching? Kathryn H. Au
  11. Silence on Gays and Lesbians in Social Studies Curriculum. Stephen J. Thornton
  12. Race, Gender, and the Teaching and Learning of National History. Terrie Epstein & Jessica Shiller
  13. Part III: Subject Matters

  14. What Can Forrest Gump Tell Us about Students' Historical Understanding? Sam Wineburg, Susan Mosborg, & Dan Porat
  15. What Does It Mean To Think Historically … and How Do You Teach It? Bruce A. Van Sledright
  16. Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies. Sarah Witham Bednarz, Gillian Acheson, & Robert S. Bednarz
  17. What Do Children Know about Cultural Universals? Jere Brophy & Janet Alleman
  18. High Quality Civic Education: What Is It and Who Gets It? Joseph Kahne & Ellen Middaugh
  19. Holocaust Fatigue in Teaching Today. Simone Schweber
  20. Part IV: Global Matters

  21. How are Teachers Responding to Globalization? Merry M. Merryfield & Masataka Kasai
  22. Using Literature to Teach about Others: The Case of Shabanu. Margaret Smith Crocco
  23. The Two World Histories. Ross E. Dunn
  24. Teaching Civic Engagement in Five Societies. Carole L. Hahn
  25. Part V: Puzzles

  26. Discussion in Social Studies: Is it Worth the Trouble? Diana E. Hess
  27. What Constrains Meaningful Social Studies Teaching? Catherine Cornbleth
  28. What is the Connection between Curriculum and Instruction? Avner Segall
  29. Can Tolerance be Taught? Patricia G. Avery
  30. Epilogue

  31. Idiocy, Puberty, and Citizenship: The Road Ahead. Walter C. Parker

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