Social Studies Curriculum Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities

Name: Social Studies Curriculum Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities
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ISBN: 9780791469101

ISBN-10: 0791469107

ISBN-13: 9780791469101

Edition: 3rd 2006

Authors: E. Wayne Ross

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The third edition of The Social Studies Curriculum thoroughly updates the definitive overview of the primary issues teachers face when creating learning experiences for students in social studies. By connecting the diverse elements of the social studies curriculum-history education, civic, global, and social issues-the book offers a unique and critical perspective that separates it from other texts in the field. This edition includes new work on race, gender, sexuality, critical multiculturalism, visual culture, moral deliberation, digital technologies, teaching democracy, and the future of social studies education. In an era marked by efforts to standardize curriculum and teaching, this…

Book details

List price: $36.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 10/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Social Studies Teachers and Curriculum




Purposes of the Social Studies Curriculum



The Struggle for the Social Studies Curriculum




Teaching History: A Constructivist Approach




Oppression, Anti-Oppression, and Citizenship Education




The Future is Now: Social Studies in the World of 2056




Social Issues and the Social Studies Curriculum



Defining the Social Studies Curriculum: Influence of and Resistance to Curriculum Standards and Testing in Social Studies




Racism, Prejudice, and the Social Studies Curriculum




The Color of Social Studies: A Post-Social Studies Reality Check




Marxism and Critical Multicultural Social Studies




Gender and Social Education: What's the Problem?




The Social Studies Curriculum in Practice



Struggling for Good Assessment in Social Studies Education




Reading Pictures of People




"A World of Knowledge": Social Education and Digital Technology




"Out" in the Classroom: Addressing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Issues in Social Studies Curriculum




Teaching Social Studies as if it Mattered: Young Children and Moral Deliberation




Decolonizing the Mind for World-Centered Global Education




Teaching Democracy: What Schools Need to Do




Conclusion



Remaking the Social Studies Curriculum



List of Contributors


Name Index


Subject Index