Tragedy of American School Reform How Curriculum Politics and Entrenched Dilemmas Have Diverted Us from Democracy

Name: Tragedy of American School Reform How Curriculum Politics and Entrenched Dilemmas Have Diverted Us from Democracy
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ISBN: 9780230107984

ISBN-10: 0230107982

ISBN-13: 9780230107984

Edition: 2011

Authors: Ronald W. Evans

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List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 5/13/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 295
Size: 5.64" wide x 8.89" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Evans is a nationally recognized scholar in social studies education and a professor in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Challenges of Curriculum Development


The Problem



Changes



The New Social Studies


Cold War Origins


Emergence


The Projects


Concerns and Critiques


Reform in Perspective



The Newer Social Studies


1968: The Year Everything Changed


The New-Wave Critique of Schooling


New Trends in Social Studies


Conclusion



Larger Trends in Schools


Open Education


Multicultural Education


Critical Pedagogy


Behind the Newer Social Studies


Influence in Schools


Conclusion



Reaction



Aftermath: ï¿½We Face a National Conspiracyï¿½


Academic Freedom Cases


The Fenton Textbook Controversy


The Kanawha County War


Conclusion



The MACOS Controversy and Beyond


Initial Confrontations


Nationwide Controversy


Who Were the Critics?


Controversy in Congress


Conclusion



The Conservative Restoration


Books Burning in Indiana


The Conservative Restoration in School and Society


A Nation at Risk?


The Revival of Traditional History


Explaining the Conservative Restoration


Conclusion



Making Sense



Can We Transcend the Grammar of Social Studies?


Status Studies


Constancy and Change


The Grammar of Social Studies


Failure of the New and Newer Social Studies


Conclusion: Reflections on Education for Democracy


Dissonance


Can We Make a Difference?


Lasting Impressions


List of Abbreviations


List of Manuscript Collections Abbreviated in Notes


Notes


Index