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Democratic Education for Social Studies - An Issues-centered Decision Making Curriculum (Paperback, Second Edition)
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Democratic Education for Social Studies - An Issues-centered Decision Making Curriculum (Paperback, Second Edition)
Series: International Social Studies Forum
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In the first edition of this book published in 1988, Shirley Engle
and I offered a broader and more democratic curriculum as an
alternative to the persistent back-to-the-basics rhetoric of the
'70s and '80s. This curriculum urged attention to democratic
practices and curricula in the school if we wanted to improve the
quality of citizen participation and strengthen this democracy.
School practices during that period reflected a much lower priority
for social studies. Fewer social studies offerings, fewer credits
required for graduation and in many cases, the job descriptions of
social studies curriculum coordinators were transformed by changing
their roles to general curriculum consultants. The mentality that
prevailed in the nation's schools was ""back to the basics"" and
the basics never included or even considered the importance of
heightening the education of citizens. We certainly agree that
citizens must be able to read, write and calculate but these
abilities are not sufficient for effective citizenship in a
democracy. This version of the original work appears at a time when
young citizens, teachers and schools find themselves deluged by a
proliferation of curriculum standards and concomitant mandatory
testing. In the '90s, virtually all subject areas including United
States history, geography, economic and civics developed curriculum
standards, many funded by the federal government. Subsequently, the
National Council for the Social Studies issued the Social Studies
Curriculum Standards that received no federal support.
Accountability, captured in the No Child Left Behind Act passed by
Congress, has become a powerful, political imperative that has a
substantial and disturbing influence on the curriculum, teaching
and learning in the first decade of the 21st century.
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