Handbook on Teaching Social Issues (PB)

by Ronald W. Evans

Book Overview

This handbook explores the issues-centered curriculum for social studies teaching and how student performance reflects an intellectual capacity to address public issues. The book is divided into 11... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879860715
• ISBN13: 9780879860714
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"

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Description from 1996 NCSS Catalogue

There's no book like this one for educators interested in issues-centered teaching. More than 40 experts have contributed articles offering comprehensive coverage of the field of social issues education. In addition to a full examination of objectives and methods, contributors show how social issues can be taught as part of history, geography, the social sciences, and global and environmental studies. The challenges of assessment, curriculum, and effective teacher education are fully explored. With its teaching ideas and useful resource section, this book is an indispensable addition to your library! Originally published as NCSS Bulletin #93 in 1996. Contributors include: Shirley Engle, Anna Ochoa-Becker, Jack Nelson, Carole Hahn, Byron Massialas, Jeff Passe, Jesus Garcia, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Merry Merryfield, Patricia Avery, Sam Totten, Bill Wraga, Walter Parker, James Shaver, and many more. Ronald W. Evans (editor) is author of "The Social Studies Wars: What Should We Teach the Children?" (2004), and "This Happened in America: Harold Rugg and the Censure of Social Studies" (2007).