There are frequent reports of the challenges to teacher professionalism associated with high
stakes and mandated testing (McNeil, 2000). So, we were not surprised in this year-long …

This study seeks to understand the ways nine states represent African Americans within their
standards for US History. Previous research on the effects of high-stakes assessment on …

This case study examined how Singapore adolescents from different socio-economic,
academic, and racial backgrounds positioned themselves as citizens within a highly …

Included in the curriculum, relevant socialproblems (a concept attributed to the Anglo-Saxon
tradition), socially alivequestionsfor citizenship (a concept attributed to the French-speaking …

In this paper we will look specifically at the increased and increasing emphasis on
accountability in schools and universities. Accountability has become the means of …

Purpose Data literacy–the ability to read, analyze, interpret, evaluate and argue with data
and data visualizations–is an essential competency in social studies. This study aims to …

In this paper the authors pursue the evolving relationships between Foucauldian
understandings of" surveillance" and Debordian notions of" spectacle." Using the …

Este libro recupera, de una innumerable producción, algunas de las contribuciones de Joan
Pagès al desarrollo de la didáctica de las ciencias sociales, la historia y la geografía en …

This article explores how John Dewey's concept of democracy can contribute to our
understanding of what is required from education amid growing nationalism and populism …

The purpose of this study was to explore the social studies teachers conceptualizations,
experiences and practices of developing citizens in primary schools in Botswana. The study …