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
- Social studies education eC21. Walter C. Parker
- Social Studies and the Social Order: Transmission or Transformation? William B. Stanley
- The Social Studies Wars, Now and Then. Ronald W. Evans
- Why Don't More History Teachers Engage Students in Interpretation? Keith C. Barton & Linda S. Levstik
- High-Stakes Testing: How Are Social Studies Teachers Responding? S. G. Grant
- Authentic Intellectual Work: Common Standards for Teaching Social Studies. M. Bruce King, Fred M. Newmann & Dana L. Carmichael
- Education and Diversity. James A. Banks, Peter Cookson, Geneva Gay, Willis D. Hawley, Jacqueline Jordan Irvine, Sonia Nieto, Janet Ward Schofield, & Walter G. Stephan
- Isn’t Culturally Responsive Instruction Just Good Teaching? Kathryn H. Au
- Silence on Gays and Lesbians in Social Studies Curriculum. Stephen J. Thornton
- Race, Gender, and the Teaching and Learning of National History. Terrie Epstein & Jessica Shiller
- What Can Forrest Gump Tell Us about Students' Historical Understanding? Sam Wineburg, Susan Mosborg, & Dan Porat
- What Does It Mean To Think Historically … and How Do You Teach It? Bruce A. Van Sledright
- Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies. Sarah Witham Bednarz, Gillian Acheson, & Robert S. Bednarz
- What Do Children Know about Cultural Universals? Jere Brophy & Janet Alleman
- High Quality Civic Education: What Is It and Who Gets It? Joseph Kahne & Ellen Middaugh
- Holocaust Fatigue in Teaching Today. Simone Schweber
- How are Teachers Responding to Globalization? Merry M. Merryfield & Masataka Kasai
- Using Literature to Teach about Others: The Case of Shabanu. Margaret Smith Crocco
- The Two World Histories. Ross E. Dunn
- Teaching Civic Engagement in Five Societies. Carole L. Hahn
- Discussion in Social Studies: Is it Worth the Trouble? Diana E. Hess
- What Constrains Meaningful Social Studies Teaching? Catherine Cornbleth
- What is the Connection between Curriculum and Instruction? Avner Segall
- Can Tolerance be Taught? Patricia G. Avery
- Idiocy, Puberty, and Citizenship: The Road Ahead. Walter C. Parker
Part I: Purpose Matters
Part II: Perspective Matters
Part III: Subject Matters
Part IV: Global Matters
Part V: Puzzles
Epilogue
Permissions
Index