This practical book provides teachers with step-by-step guidance for developing a class culture that welcomes curiosity and ignites social action. Student-driven inquiry has a lasting impact on learning, yet questions posed from students' own contexts rarely serve to shape their understanding of the outside world. The authors show teachers how to ......
Elementary-aged children are often positioned as not developmentally ready to learn about race, racism, and injustice. Yet, the classroom materials used in most schools misrepresent history, withhold knowledge about racial injustice, or fail to uplift stories of resilience and resistance. For almost a decade, this groundbreaking resource has been ......
Elementary-aged children are often positioned as not developmentally ready to learn about race, racism, and injustice. Yet, the classroom materials used in most schools misrepresent history, withhold knowledge about racial injustice, or fail to uplift stories of resilience and resistance. For almost a decade, this groundbreaking resource has been ......
"This packed paperback will bring you up to date and refortify the civic stamina that is required to save the planet for your posterity." -Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, lawyer, and author Climate change and climate denial have remained largely off the radar in literacy and social studies education. This book addresses that gap with the ......
"This packed paperback will bring you up to date and refortify the civic stamina that is required to save the planet for your posterity." -Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, lawyer, and author Climate change and climate denial have remained largely off the radar in literacy and social studies education. This book addresses that gap with the ......
A Critical Multicultural Pedagogy for Civic Engagement
This timely book examines how fascist ideology has taken hold among certain segments of American society and how this can be addressed in curriculum and instruction. Vavrus presents middle, secondary, and college educators and their students with a conceptual framework for enacting a critical multicultural pedagogy by analyzing discriminatory ......
A Critical Multicultural Pedagogy for Civic Engagement
This timely book examines how fascist ideology has taken hold among certain segments of American society and how this can be addressed in curriculum and instruction. Vavrus presents middle, secondary, and college educators and their students with a conceptual framework for enacting a critical multicultural pedagogy by analyzing discriminatory ......
Winner of the Society of Professors of Education 2024 Outstanding Book Award Despite limitations and challenges, teaching about difficult histories is an essential aspect of social studies courses and units across grade levels. This practical resource highlights stories of K-12 practitioners who have critically examined and reflected on their ......
Winner of the Society of Professors of Education 2024 Outstanding Book Award Despite limitations and challenges, teaching about difficult histories is an essential aspect of social studies courses and units across grade levels. This practical resource highlights stories of K-12 practitioners who have critically examined and reflected on their ......