Handbook on teaching social issues / edited by Ronald W. Evans, San Diego State University. - Second edition. - xv, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Revised edition of Handbook on teaching social issues, [1996]

Includes bibliographical references.

"The Handbook on Teaching Social Issues, 2nd edition provides teachers and teacher educators with a comprehensive guide to teaching social issues in the classroom. This second edition frames the teaching of social issues with a strong emphasis on issues of social justice. It raises the potential for a new and stronger focus on social issues instruction in schools. Contributors include many of the leading experts in the field of social studies education. The volume includes 31 chapters and 7 sections including (1) Re-Framing the Teaching of Social Issues, (2) Critical Social Issues in the Curriculum, (3) In a Disciplinary Vein: Social Issues in the Subject Areas, (4) You Do Issues and Inquiry with Kids? Social Issues and Inquiry Learning in Elementary Schools, (5) The Heavy Topics: Human Rights, Genocide, Sustainability, (6) On Why and How: Methods for Teaching Social Issues, (7) The Latest and Best Resources and Materials"--

9781648025648 9781648025655


Social sciences--Study and teaching--United States.
Social problems--Study and teaching--United States.
Social policy--Study and teaching--United States.


United States--Social conditions--Study and teaching.

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