Social Studies Today Research and Practice

Name: Social Studies Today Research and Practice
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ISBN: 9780415992879

ISBN-10: 0415992877

ISBN-13: 9780415992879

Edition: 2010

Authors: Walter C. Parker

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List price: $40.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 7/29/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Social Studies Education eC21




Purpose Matters



Social Studies and the Social Order: Transmission or Transformation?




The Social Studies Wars, Now and Then




Why Don't More History Teachers Engage Students in Interpretation?




High-Stakes Testing: How are Social Studies Teachers Responding?




Authentic Intellectual Work: Common Standards for Teaching Social Studies




Perspective Matters



Education and Diversity




Isn't Culturally Responsive Instruction Just Good Teaching?




Silence on Gays and Lesbians in Social Studies Curriculum




Race, Gender, and the Teaching and Learning of National History




Subject Matters



What Can Forrest Gump Tell Us about Students' Historical Understanding?




What Does It Mean to think Historically . . . and How Do you Teach It?




Maps and Map Learning in Social Studies




What Do Children Know about Cultural Universals?




High Quality Civic Education: What Is It and Who Gets It?




Holocaust Fatigue in Teaching Today




Global Matters



How Are Teachers Responding to Globalization?




Using Literature to Teach about Others: The Case of Shabanu




The Two World Histories




Teaching Civic Engagement in Five Societies




Puzzles



Discussion in Social Studies: Is it Worth the Trouble?




What Constrains Meaningful Social Studies Teaching?




What is the Connection between Curriculum and Instruction?




Can Tolerance be Taught?







Idiocy, Puberty, and Citizenship: The Road Ahead



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