Full Description
This supplemental text is an historical account of the beginning years of the social studies. Using the 1916 Social Studies report as a base, the book outlines the issues, contexts, and individuals that were influential in the genesis of the seminal social studies prototype program.
The author explains that many of our present interests such as critical thinking, decision making, inquiry, reflective thinking, foundational studies, and cultural literacy can be found within the texts of the 1916 social studies program. Saxe also shows that the roots of the social studies program are found in the social sciences and not the traditional history curriculum. Included are chronological time lines that serve to illustrate the growth of the social studies, as well as an extensive bibliography of the primary foundational works of the social studies, including the 1916 report. These materials greatly enhance the value of Saxe's work for social studies educators and students.
Contents
Foreword
by C. Benjamin Cox
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Social Science, Social Education, and Social Studies:Descriptions, Definitions, and Origins
2. Beginnings of Traditional History
3. School Reform and the Committee of Seven
4. Toward Social Education Reform
5. Social Studies Comes to Influence
6. The Social Studies-Efficiency Prototype
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index
