Wayne Journell

Teaching Social Studies in an Era of Divisiveness

The Challenges of Discussing Social Issues in a Non-Partisan Way

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The chapters in this book, many of which are written by leading scholars within the field of social studies education, cover a range of 21st century social issues, including politically volatile issues such as gun control, marriage equality, the Black Lives Matter movement, and immigration. This book offers both a theoretical justification for engaging students with controversial social issues and practical suggestions for how to successfully implement discussions of these types of issues in K-12 classroom settings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 196
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9781475821352
• ISBN-10: 1475821352
• Artikelnr.: 44839491

Autorenporträt

Wayne Journell is an associate professor of secondary social studies education and secondary teacher education program coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His research interests include the teaching of politics and political processes in secondary education.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Cinthia Salinas Introduction: Teaching Social Issues in the Social
Studies Classroom Wayne Journell Chapter 1: Every Issue is a Social Studies
Issue: Strategies for Rich Discussion in the Upper Elementary Classroom
Andrea S. Libresco and Jeannette Balantic Chapter 2: Preparing Young Adults
for Polarized America Paula McAvoy Chapter 3: Teaching Immigration as a
Social Issue in 21st Century Social Studies Classrooms Jeremy Hilburn and
Ashley Taylor Jaffee Chapter 4: (Mis)perceptions of Arabs and Arab
Americans: How Can Social Studies Teachers Disrupt the Stereotypes? Paul J.
Yoder, Aaron P. Johnson, and Fares J. Karam Chapter 5: The Imperative to
Teach Marriage Equality in the Social Studies Classroom: A History,
Rationale, and Classroom Practice for a More Inclusive Democracy J.B. Mayo,
Jr. Chapter 6: #Black Lives Matter as Critical Patriotism LaGarrett J.
King, Chezare A. Warren, Mariah Bender, and Shakealia Y. Finley Chapter 7:
Teaching the Gun Control Debate in an Era of Mass Shootings Bonnie L.
Bittman and William B. Russell III Chapter 8: Big Data, Surveillance, and
the Unprecedented Conditions of Citizenship H. James Garrett Chapter 9:
Digital Citizenship: Social Media Discourses within Social Studies Eric D.
Moffa, Carolyn J. Brejwo, and Robert A. Waterson Chapter 10: Financial
Literacy in the Wake of the Great Recession Thomas A. Lucey, Mary Frances
Agnello, and James D. Laney About the Contributors