Researching and teaching social issues
Subtitle: the personal stories and pedagogical efforts of professors of education
By: edited by Samuel Totten and Jon E. Pedersen.
Contributors: Totten, Samuel.; Pedersen, Jon E., 1960-
Publisher: Lexicon Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Social sciences -- Study and teaching.; Education -- Social aspects.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Samuel Totten and Jon E. Pedersen; title: Education, politics, and social transformation / by Michael W. Apple; title: Human ecology and science education policies and programs: reflections on social activism / by Roger W. Bybee; title: Forty days and forty nights in the wilderness of capitalist schooling / by Ronald W. Evans; title: Becoming political: one woman's story / by Carole L. Hahn; title: The unending quest for social issues in the schools: a personal narrative / by Byron G. Massialas; title: Social justice / by Alex Molnar; title: My experience with social issues and education / by Fred Newmann; title: Social issues and decision making: a career long commitment / by Anna S. Ochoa-Becker; title: The evolution of an educator / by Jon E. Pedersen; title: A happenstance-based social issues career / by James P. Shaver; title: Serendipity: a paradigm shifter's friend in academia / by Barbara Solomon Spector; title: A synergy of awareness, understanding, compassion and action: a personal and pedagogical journey vis-à-vis learning and teaching about social issues / by Samuel Totten; title: Socials issues as contexts for science and technology education / by Robert Yager; title: Select bibliography of key works on social issues / by the Contributors.