The Rise and Fall of Civic Education
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The Rise and Fall of Civic Education

The Battle for Social Studies in a Shifting Historical Landscape

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The Rise and Fall of Civic Education

The Battle for Social Studies in a Shifting Historical Landscape

About this book

Social studies is a field in crisis. The crisis stems from failure to establish the very foundation of social studies' purpose in public education: civic education. Social studies advocates have never put forth a coherent method for teaching civic education because policymakers and the public have been unable to agree upon a general definition of civic education. This issue has disrupted the field since the early days. As educators sought to include civic education within public schools as a dedicated field, social studies evolved into a blending of history, social sciences, and civic education. Social studies' evolution never resolved the differences between the three, with each discipline striving to control the narrative. Instead of creating a unified field, the disciplines devalued social studies and thus any discipline associated with it. The Rise and Fall of Civic Education: The Battle for Social Studies in a Shifting Historical Landscape investigates the changing definitions and purposes ascribed to social studies in the United States through time. This result is viewed through the rising tensions from culture wars as America's divisive politics fight to control the narrative of the disciplines within social studies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction: Social Studies Is/Are . . .
  9. 1 Making History Part of the Curriculum
  10. 2 Defining Civic Education
  11. 3 Combining History and Civic Education
  12. 4 A Social Studies Curriculum
  13. 5 What Happened to History Education?
  14. 6 Cold War Comes to Social Sciences
  15. 7 A New Set of Controversies
  16. 8 Creating a National Crisis
  17. 9 Standards to Address the National Crisis
  18. 10 The Realm of Accountability
  19. 11 The Nation’s Report Card
  20. Appendix A: Chart of Major Social Studies Committees
  21. Appendix B: Timeline of Social Studies Standards
  22. Appendix C: NAEP Schedule
  23. Notes
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index
  26. About the Author