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NCSS continues to advocate for government mandated high-stakes testing
Despite the research illustrating deleterious effects of high-stakes testing on teaching and learning, the National Council for the Social Studies continues to be an advocate for it. NCSS, the largest...
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Detroit, America’s Most Epic Urban Failure
[Above image: "Detroit Industry" - Detroit Institute of Arts ( Diego Rivera ) - View 1, from DetroitDerek's Flickr photostream.] Over the past decade or so, I’ve visited Detroit many times, so as I...
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New book: Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Social Education
Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Social Education New Perspectives for Social Studies Education Edited by: Abraham P. DeLeon University of Texas, San Antonio, USA and E. Wayne Ross...
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Education for Dangerous Citizenship—powerpoint slides
I had a great time at the University of Texas, San Antonio this week, where I gave a talk as part of the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Distinguished Lecture Series. The talk, titled...
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Your social studies teacher is wrong, the United States is not a democracy
No, this is not some arcane argument about democratic versus republican forms of government. Rather it is the conclusion of what has been described as the first ever scientific study of the question of...
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Master/Slave questions … for teachers (and others)
Rich Gibson, guest blogger, presents some starter questions that few teachers are willing to ask in serious ways. What is it to be free, fulfilled, and confident that you will be able to meet your...
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Reassessing the Social Studies Curriculum: Preparing Students for a Post-9/11...
Wayne Journell, secondary social studies education professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has put together a new book on social studies in a post-9/11 world. The book, to be published...
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New Book: Rethinking Social Studies: Critical Pedagogy in Pursuit of...
I’m please to announce the publication of my new book Rethinking Social Studies: Critical Pedagogy in Pursuit of Dangerous Citizenship (Information Age Publishing, 2017). The book is published as a...
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International Seminar on Social Studies Education
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona International Research Seminar on Social Studies Education Place: Sala de Juntes de la Facultat de Ciències de l’Educació, & Seminari de Màster 2 (Building G5)...
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What Teachers, What Citizenship, What Future? The challenges of teaching the...
I am very pleased and honoured to be giving the keynote address at the XV International Conference on the Research of Teaching Social Sciences /XV Jornades Internacionals de Recerca en Didàctica de les...
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Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project
In 2017, the Graphic History Collective launched Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project, a collaborative project featuring works by artists and writers committed to promoting art,...
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Education for Dangerous Citizenship—powerpoint slides
I had a great time at the University of Texas, San Antonio this week, where I gave a talk as part of the Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Distinguished Lecture Series. The talk, titled...
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Your social studies teacher is wrong, the United States is not a democracy
No, this is not some arcane argument about democratic versus republican forms of government. Rather it is the conclusion of what has been described as the first ever scientific study of the question of...
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Master/Slave questions … for teachers (and others)
Rich Gibson, guest blogger, presents some starter questions that few teachers are willing to ask in serious ways. What is it to be free, fulfilled, and confident that you will be able to meet your...
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Reassessing the Social Studies Curriculum: Preparing Students for a Post-9/11...
Wayne Journell, secondary social studies education professor at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, has put together a new book on social studies in a post-9/11 world. The book, to be published...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Book: Rethinking Social Studies: Critical Pedagogy in Pursuit of...
I’m please to announce the publication of my new book Rethinking Social Studies: Critical Pedagogy in Pursuit of Dangerous Citizenship (Information Age Publishing, 2017). The book is published as a...
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International Seminar on Social Studies Education
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona International Research Seminar on Social Studies Education Place: Sala de Juntes de la Facultat de Ciències de l’Educació, & Seminari de Màster 2 (Building G5)...
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What Teachers, What Citizenship, What Future? The challenges of teaching the...
[Read the talk here.] I am very pleased and honoured to be giving the keynote address at the XV International Conference on the Research of Teaching Social Sciences /XV Jornades Internacionals de...
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Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project
In 2017, the Graphic History Collective launched Remember | Resist | Redraw: A Radical History Poster Project, a collaborative project featuring works by artists and writers committed to promoting art,...
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Sneak peak at New Book: Social Studies Education in Latin America
I’m pleased to provide a sneak peak of a new book coming out from Routledge later in 2022. Social Studies Education in Latin America: Critical Perspectives from the Global South will be the first...
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