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This collection of brief essays by leading scholars in the field of social studies education is intended to address some of the most prominent questions in the field today. Editor Parker (social studies education, U. of Washington) and almost 40 co-authors discuss an array of topics, including: interpretation in the classroom, testing, common standards for teaching social studies, tolerance, maps and map learning, and teaching civic engagement. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Social Studies Today: Research and Practice inspires educators to think freshly and knowingly about social studies education in the early years of the twenty first century. Written by the field’s leading scholars, this collection provokes readers to consider the relationship of research and practice as they think through some of the most interesting challenges that animate social studies education today.Contributors to this volume include luminaries like James Banks, Carole Hahn, Keith Barton, Geneva Gay, Steve Thornton, Linda Levstik, Sam Wineburg, Fred Newmann and more. Each chapter tackles a specific issue and includes discussion of topics such as teaching history, learning tolerance, assessment, globalization, children’s literature, culturally relevant pedagogy, and teaching about genocide. Walter Parker not only pulled these chapters together but also contributes two of his own---both of which are sure to be cited as key works of this era.Accessible, compelling, and full of rich examples and illustrations, this collection showcases some of the most original thinking in the field and offers pre- and in-service teachers alike new ways to improve social studies instruction.
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