Rise and Fall of Civic Education - The Battle for Social Studies in a Shifting Historical Landscape

This book investigates the changing definitions and purposes ascribed to social studies in the United States through time

List of contents

Introduction: Social Studies is/are
Chapter One: Making History Part of the Curriculum
Chapter Two: What is Civic Education
Chapter Three: Combining History and Civic Education
Chapter Four: A Social Studies Curriculum65
Chapter Five: What Happened to History Education?
Chapter Six: Cold War Comes to Social Sciences
Chapter Seven: A New Set of Controversies
Chapter Eight: Creating a National Crisis
Chapter Nine: Standards to Address the National Crisis
Chapter Ten: The Realm of Accountability
Chapter Eleven: The Nation's Report Card
Appendix A: Chart of Major Social Studies Committees
Appendix B: Timeline of Social Studies Standards
Appendix C: NAEP Schedule
References
Endnotes

About the author

Michael Learn has taught social studies courses for more than 20 years at various levels ranging from 6th grade through the university level. His doctorate is in institutional quality in public education with a special focus on social studies standards and assessment.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Learn
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781475858860
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5886-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Curricula, History of Education, Teaching of a specific subject, Curriculum planning & development, Educational: Social sciences, Educational: Social sciences, social studies, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Social Science