Preparing to Teach Social Studies for Social Justice (Becoming a Renegade)

Synopsis

This practical book shows how veteran, justice oriented social studies teachers are responding to the Common Core State Standards, focusing on how they build curriculum, support students’ literacy skills, and prepare students to think and act critically within and beyond the classroom. In order to provide direct classroom-to classroom insights, the authors draw on letters written by veteran teachers addressed to new teachers entering the field.

The first section of the book introduces the three approaches teachers can take for teaching for social justice within the constraints of the Common Core State Standards (embracing, reframing, or resisting the standards). The second section analyzes specific approaches to teaching the Common Core, using teacher narratives to illustrate key processes. The final section demonstrates how teachers develop, support, and sustain their identities as justice-oriented educators in standards-driven classrooms. Each chapter includes exemplary lesson plans drawn from diverse grades and classrooms, and offers concrete recommendations to guide practice.

Copyright:

2016

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

160 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780807757666

Publisher:

Teachers College Press

Date of Addition:

12/17/21

Copyrighted By:

Teachers College, Columbia University

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education, Social Studies, Sociology

Submitted By:

Worth Trust

Proofread By:

Worth Trust

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Foreword by:

Rick Ayers