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De La Paz, Susan; Felton, Mark; Monte-Sano, Chauncey; Croninger, Robert; Jackson, Cara; Deogracias, Jeehye Shim; Hoffman, Benjamin Polk – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
In this study, the effects of a disciplinary reading and writing curriculum intervention with professional development are shared. We share our instructional approach and provide writing outcomes for struggling adolescent readers who read at or below basic proficiency levels, as well as writing outcomes for proficient and advanced readers.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Intervention, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education
Fogo, Bradley – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
Recent education literature and research has focused on identifying effective core teaching practices to inform and help shape teacher education and professional development. Although a rich literature on the teaching and learning of history has continued to develop over the past decade, core practice research has largely overlooked…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Best Practices, Delphi Technique, Instructional Effectiveness
Montgomery, Sarah E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2014
This article explores the ways that alternative digital media production by elementary students can support education for critical democracy. The article centers on a collaborative, qualitative study in which students in a 3rd-grade class at a Title One school created and disseminated podcasts about issues of historical injustice rooted in the key…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Elementary School Students, Social Justice, Social Change
Chikkatur, Anita – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
The author explores the challenges of teaching and learning African American history, a history fraught with uncomfortable implications about contemporary race relations and race-based inequalities. Drawing on various theories of anti-oppressive education, and using data from an ethnographic study conducted in one history classroom, the author…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Racial Composition, Multicultural Education, Social Justice
Cherryholmes, Cleo H. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
The author looks at subject-field disputes about what to teach in the field of social studies in the U.S. He identifies the selection of subject matter to teach as a first source of conflict about the field's nature given the scope of history, geography, and other social sciences. The author argues that disagreements about what and how to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Decision Making, Conflict, History
DeWitt, Scott W.; Patterson, Nancy; Blankenship, Whitney; Blevins, Brooke; DiCamillo, Lorrei; Gerwin, David; Gradwell, Jill M.; Gunn, John; Maddox, Lamont; Salinas, Cinthia; Saye, John; Stoddard, Jeremy; Sullivan, Caroline C. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
This study indicates that the state-mandated high-stakes social studies assessments in four states do not require students to demonstrate that they have met the cognitive demands articulated in the state-mandated learning standards. Further, the assessments do not allow students to demonstrate the critical thinking skills required by the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Social Studies, State Standards, High School Students
Journell, Wayne – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
This article reports findings from a 3-year study on preservice middle and secondary social studies teachers' common content knowledge of politics and current events. Surveys showed that both groups were generally uninformed about these issues, and on almost all measures, the middle-grades preservice teachers performed worse than those in the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Social Studies, Current Events, Politics
Mayo, J. B., Jr. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
The author explores significant points of intersection between foundational tenets of the social studies and the lessons learned by students in the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) at one Midwestern high school. He suggests new ways social studies researchers and teachers might conceptualize the ideas and themes promoted in GSAs and apply them directly…
Descriptors: Homosexuality, High Schools, Clubs, Educational Environment
Meuwissen, Kevin W. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
This is an instrumental case study of 1 novice and 1 experienced secondary social studies teachers' concurrent assessment practices within tightly structured, standardized-tested curricula and flexible elective curricula. It is anchored by 2 questions: (1) How did the teachers' assessment stances and practices manifest across the 2…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Standardized Tests, Elective Courses, Case Studies
Segall, Avner – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
The author seeks to revitalize the interests of social educators in the value of using critical, postmodern discourses for rich comprehension of and productive scholarly research in our field. These discourses (a) challenge existing understanding within social education and the knowledge and knower they help produce; and (b) imagine more complex,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Discourse Modes, Postmodernism, Criticism
Gaudelli, William – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
Globalization has unleashed profound changes in education. These include positivistic international school comparisons, a singular focus on schools as drivers of economic development, and the adoption of neoliberal market principles in school. These changes, however, generally go unexamined within the field and literature of global education.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, International Schools, Comparative Education
Schmidt, Sandra J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
In the ongoing effort to conceptualize meaningful civics curriculum, the author looks beyond the intended curriculum to consider the civics lessons embedded in spatial interaction and engagement. She examines how young people negotiate school, a space she contends can be conceived of as a public space. Their negotiations rely upon tactics of…
Descriptors: Civics, Curriculum, Space Utilization, Interaction
Binford, Paul E.; Eisworth, Seth – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
This study focuses on a seminal moment in the history of the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA)--the founding of its voice, "Theory & Research in Social Education" ("TRSE"). This historical study uses archival documents to construct a narrative of the journal's origins. This publication was born during a…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Educational History, College Faculty, Periodicals
Connor, David J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
The article describes the work of critical special education scholars and teacher educators in the field of Disability Studies who challenge the fundamental assumptions on which special education is founded, illustrating implications for all educators. A brief history of the field acknowledges the enormity of the institutionalization of special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, College Faculty, Special Education
Castro, Antonio J. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2013
Utilizing a framework of critical and multicultural citizenship, this qualitative study investigates how preservice teachers at a Midwestern university defined "ideal citizenship", how these definitions influenced which civic skill they valued most, and how they envisioned teaching for this skill in the classroom. Findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers