The Social Studies Curriculum - Purposes, Problems, and Possibilities, Fourth Edition (Paperback, 4th Revised edition)

"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."

General

Imprint:	State University of New York Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	November 2014
Editors:	E.Wayne Ross
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	431
Edition:	4th Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4384-5316-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Children's & Educational > Social studies > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Books > Children's Fiction & Fun
LSN:	1-4384-5316-7
Barcode:	9781438453163

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