Leaders in Social Education : Intellectual Self-Portraits / edited by Christine Woyshner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woyshner, Christine., Editor.

Series:

Leaders in Educational Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Research in social education over the last forty years has broken new ground in such areas as historical understanding, civic education, cultural studies, and curriculum and assessment. This collection is comprised of reflections on the professional trajectories of nineteen leading social studies scholars. Demonstrating that their professional interests have emerged from their autobiographies, the scholars write about their personal influences, professional choices, and contributions. The book reveals how social justice, difference and diversity, and a commitment to the ongoing project of democracy have been central to their work. The chapters in this volume reveal leading social educators’ determined sense of urgency about making the world a better place through their leadership in the field. Each essay provides students, practitioners, and researchers alike with background on the nineteen scholars. Also, the scholars provide lists of their favorite publications as well as the works of other scholars that influenced them. Taken together, the chapters in this volume offer thoughts on the past, present, and future of social studies.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Christine Woyshner

Introduction / Christine Woyshner

Legacies of the Chat-N-Nibble / Keith C. Barton

Tex/Mex Border Roots and Beyond / Gloria Contreras

The Accidental Educationist / Margaret Smith Crocco

Continuity, Challenge, and Change Over the Course of a Professional Career / Terrie Epstein

Forty Days and Forty Nights / Ronald W. Evans

Framing a Scholarly Life / S. G. Grant

Social Studies and Social Change from the Local to the Global / Carole L. Hahn

The Power of a Past / Linda S. Levstik

Crossing Cultures and Global Interconnectedness / Merry M. Merryfield

Progressing Through Education / Jack L. Nelson

Building Bridges Between Rice and Potatoes / Valerie Ooka Pang

Travels with (UN)Conventional Wisdom / Walter Parker

A Sense of Where You are / E. Wayne Ross

On Being Critical / Avner Segall

From Social Reconstruction to Social Education in a Tragic Context / William B. Stanley

Identifying What Matters / Stephen J. Thornton

The Poorly Planned Trajectory of a Slow but Impulsive Apprentice / Bruce Vansledright

The Evolution of a Civic Educator / Elizabeth Yeager Washington

What Kind of Scholar? / Joel Westheimer.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789462096653

9462096651

OCLC:

893673614