Nine authors contributed to a three part bulletin inviting research in social education. Part 1, Research Perspectives, contains chapters one and two: (1) "The Invitation" (Catherine Cornbleth) and (2)"Paradigm and Purpose" (Thomas S. Popkewitz). Part 2, "Research Alternatives, has chapters three through eight: (3) "Survey Research" (Dennie L. Smith); (4) "Experimental Research" (Patrick Ferguson); (5) "An Ethnographic Approach" (Jane J. White); (6) "Critical Research" (William B. Stanley); (7) "Social Education of Young Children" (Marianne N. Block); and (8) "Social Studies Teachers as Researchers" (Judith Torney-Purta). Part 3, Two Views of Social Studies Research, includes the final chapters nine and ten; (9) "A Teacher's Perspective" (Saundra J. McKee) and (10) "Social Studies Research Reconsidered" (Catherine Cornbleth). Each of the chapters has an accompanying bibliography. (JH)