The social studies curriculum : purposes, problems, and possibilities / edited by E. Wayne Ross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ross, E. Wayne, 1956- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Curricula--United States.

Social sciences.

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Curricula--United States.

Curriculum planning--United States.

Curriculum planning.

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Curricula.

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Curricula.

Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary).

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 419 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : SUNY Press, [2014]

Summary:

This fully revised and updated edition includes twelve new chapters on contemporary topics such as ecological democracy, Native studies, inquiry teaching, and Islamophobia. The Social Studies Curriculum, Fourth Edition updates the definitive overview of the issues teachers face when creating learning experiences for students in social studies. The book connects the diverse elements of the social studies curriculum--civic, global, social issues--offering a unique and critical perspective that separates it from other texts. Completely updated, this book includes twelve new chapters on the history of the social studies; democratic social studies; citizenship education; anarchist inspired transformative social studies; patriotism; ecological democracy; Native studies; inquiry teaching; Islamophobia; capitalism and class struggle; gender, sex, sexuality, and youth experiences in school; and critical media literacy. All the chapters from the previous edition have been thoroughly revised and updated, including those on teaching social studies in the age of curriculum standardization and high-stakes testing, critical multicultural social studies, prejudice and racism, assessment, and teaching democracy. Readers are encouraged to reconsider their assumptions and understanding about the origins, purposes, nature, and possibilities of the social studies curriculum. E. Wayne Ross is Professor of Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He has written and edited many books, including (with Abraham P. DeLeon) Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Social Education: New Perspectives for Social Studies Education .

Contents:

Part I Purposes of the Social Studies Curriculum

1 Social Studies Curriculum Migration: Confronting Challenges in the 21st Century / C. Gregg Jorgensen Jorgensen, C. Gregg 3

2 Social Studies Curriculum and Teaching in the Era of Standardization / E. Wayne Ross Ross, E. Wayne, Sandra Mathison Mathison, Sandra, Kevin D. Vinson Vinson, Kevin D. 25

3 Creating Authentic Spaces for Democratic Social Studies Education / Christopher Leahey Leahey, Christopher 51

4 "Capitalism Is for the Body Religion Is for the Soul": Insurgent Social Studies for the 22nd Century / Abraham P. DeLeon DeLeon, Abraham P. 71

Part II Social Issues and the Social Studies Curriculum

5 Dangerous Citizenship / E. Wayne Ross Ross, E. Wayne, Kevin D. Vinson Vinson, Kevin D. 93

6 Teaching Students to Think about Patriotism / Joel Westheimer Westheimer, Joel 127

7 Ecological Democracy: An Environmental Approach to Citizenship Education / Neil O. Houser Houser, Neil O. 139

8 Native Studies, Praxis, and the Public Good Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) 161

9 Marxism and Critical Multicultural Social Studies: Redux / Curry Stephenson Malott Malott, Curry Stephenson, Marc Pruyn Pruyn, Marc 181

10 Prejudice, Racism, and the Social Studies Curriculum / Jack L. Nelson Nelson, Jack L., Valerie Ooka Pang Pang, Valerie Ooka 203

11 The Language of Gender, Sex, and Sexuality and Youth Experiences in Schools / Lisa W. Loutzenheiser Loutzenheiser, Lisa W. 227

Part III The Social Studies Curriculum in Practice

12 Making Assessment Work for Teaching and Learning / Sandra Mathison Mathison, Sandra 247

13 Why Inquiry? / Doug Selwyn Selwyn, Doug 267

14 Beyond Fearing the Savage: Responding to Islamophobia in the Classroom / Özlem Sensoy Sensoy, Özlem 289

15 Class Struggle in the Classroom / Gregory Queen Queen, Gregory 313

16 Critical Media Literacy and Social Studies: Paying Heed to Orwell and Huxley / Paul Orlowski Orlowski, Paul 335

17 Teaching Democracy: What Schools Need to Do / Joseph Kahne Kahne, Joseph, Joel Westheimer Westheimer, Joel 353

Part IV Conclusion

18 Remaking the Social Studies Curriculum / E. Wayne Ross Ross, E. Wayne 375.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438453170

1438453175

9781438453163

1438453167

OCLC:

862149384