Full Description
The Wiley Handbook of Social Studies Research is a wide-ranging resource on the current state of social studies education. This timely work not only reflects on the many recent developments in the field, but also explores emerging trends.
This is the first major reference work on social studies education and research in a decade
An in-depth look at the current state of social studies education and emerging trends
Three sections cover: foundations of social studies research, theoretical and methodological frameworks guiding social studies research, and current trends and research related to teaching and learning social studies
A state-of-the-art guide for both graduate students and established researchers
Guided by an advisory board of well-respected scholars in social studies education research
Contents
Notes on Contributors vii
Foreword xvi
Acknowledgments xviii
1 Introduction to the Wiley Handbook of Social Studies Research 1
Meghan McGlinn Manfra and Cheryl Mason Bolick
Section I: Foundations of Social Studies Research 7
2 A Concise Historiography of the Social Studies 9
Stephen J. Thornton
3 The Intellectual History of the Social Studies 42
Thomas Fallace
4 Quantitative Research and Large]Scale Secondary Analysis in Social Studies 68
Paul G. Fitchett and Tina L. Heafner
5 Qualitative Inquiry in Social Studies Research 95
Todd Dinkelman and Alexander Cuenca
6 Practitioner Research in the Social Studies: Findings from Action Research and Self-Study 132
Meghan McGlinn Manfra
7 Exemplars from the Field of Social Studies Education Research 168
Patricia G. Avery and Keith C. Barton
Section II: Frameworks Guiding Social Studies Research 189
8 Critical Theory(s) 191
Catherine Cornbleth
9 A Critical Race Theory Analysis of Social Studies Research, Theory and Practice 209
Oscar Navarro and Tyrone C. Howard
10 Gender and Feminist Scholarship in Social Studies Research: A Dynamic Theoretical Framework Living on the Edges 227
Chara Haeussler Bohan
11 Sexuality and Queer Theory in the Social Studies 254
J. B. Mayo, Jr.
12 Social Constructivism and Student Learning in Social Studies 270
Stephanie van Hover and David Hicks
13 Democratic Citizenship Education: Research Across Multiple Landscapes and Contexts 287
Antonio J. Castro and Ryan T. Knowles
Section III: Teaching and Learning Social Studies 319
14 Teaching and Learning about Controversial Issues and Topics in the Social Studies: A Review of the Research 321
Li]Ching Ho, Paula McAvoy, Diana Hess, and Brian Gibbs
15 Disciplined Inquiry in Social Studies Classrooms 336
John W. Saye
16 Becoming an "Expert" Social Studies Teacher: What We Know about Teacher Education and Professional Development 360
Margaret Smith Crocco and Ellen Livingston
17 Children's Learning and Understanding in their Social World 385
Anne]Lise Halvorsen
18 Leveraging Literacy: Research on Critical Reading in the Social Studies 414
Ilene R. Berson, Michael J. Berson, Danielle V. Dennis, and Rebecca Lovering Powell
19 Emergent Bilinguals in the Social Studies 440
Cinthia S. Salinas, Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, and Brooke Blevins
20 The Problem of Knowing What Students Know: Classroom]Based and Large]Scale Assessment in Social Studies 461
S. G. Grant
21 Media and Social Studies Education 477
Jeremy D. Stoddard and Alan S. Marcus
22 The Diffusion of Technology into the Social Studies 499
Cheryl Mason Bolick
23 Global Education 518
David L. Grossman
24 Social Studies Scholarship Past, Present, and Future 569
Carole L. Hahn
Index 596
