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Social Studies and the Social Order: Telling Stories of Resistance
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McKnight, Douglas; Chandler, Prentice – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
The social studies profession has always been at its weakest in dealing with the analysis of racism and class (Ladson-Billings, 2003; Marshall, 2001), and the new technocratic atmosphere and discourse generated by No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will serve to make such analysis completely absent, despite the rhetoric of the National Council of the…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Resistance (Psychology), Controversial Issues (Course Content), Case Studies
Democracy Denied: Learning to Teach History in Elementary School
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Slekar, Timothy D. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2009
Although "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) appears to disregard the teaching of social studies, it should not be assumed that teaching and learning in these content areas is of little importance. Prior to NCLB, discussions over social studies and history standards dominated the political and cultural landscapes. The eventual conclusion from…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, United States History, Methods Courses
"Outing" Social Justice: Transforming Civic Education within the Challenges of Heteronormativity, Heterosexism, and Homophobia
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Oesterreich, Heather – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2002
Civic education and its call for social studies to prepare students for citizenship in a participatory democracy have been limited to the political domain and touted as participation with the already existing political domain. This paper is a reflection of how engaging with and challenging heterosexism, homophobia, and heteronormativity in a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Social Studies, Citizenship, Political Socialization