University of South Florida Scholar Commons College of Education Publications College of Education 4-1-2001 Theory and research in social education 29/02 National Council for the Social Studies. College and University Faculty Assembly Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/coedu_pub Part of the Education Commons Scholar Commons Citation National Council for the Social Studies. College and University Faculty Assembly, "Theory and research in social education 29/02 " (2001). College of Education Publications. Paper 109. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/coedu_pub/109 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Education at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in College of Education Publications by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. SEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATION IN THIS ISSUE From the Editor Kevin D. Vinson What We Can Know and When We Can Know It E. Wayne Ross Features Sherry Schwartz The Origins of History's Mission in American Schools : A Case Study of Hannah Adams Margaret MacCurtain Text and Context: Field Testing the New York State et al. Great Irish Famine Curriculum Anna S. Ochoa-Becker A Search for Decision Making in Three Elementary et al. Classrooms Helena Benitez Effects of a Globalized U .S. History Curriculum Rich Gibson Outfoxing the Destruction of Wisdom Symposium: Standards & High-Stakes Testing Ronald W. Evans Thoughts on Redirecting a Runaway Train Stephen C Fleury The Counter-revolution of Educational Knowledge David W. Hursh Social Studies Within the Neoliberal State Perry Marker Standards and High Stakes Testing Kevin D. Vinson Image, Authenticity, and the Collective Good Book Review Martha Rapp Ruddell Talking Across the Divide The Journal of the College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies Volume 29 Number 2 Spring 2001 IN SOCIAL EDUCATION Volume 29 Number 2 Spring 2001 NCSS The Official Journal of the College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies Published quarterly, Theory and Research in Social Education is a general review open to all social studies educators, social scientists, historians, and philosophers. A general statement of purpose can be found at the end of the journal . ©Copyright 2001 by the College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies. All rights reserved . THEORY AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATION © 2001 College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies. 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Vinson University of Arizona Rahima Wade University of Iowa Michael Whelan Montclair State University Editorial Assistant Stefan Moorhead The Rouge Forum The Whole Schooling Consortium The Whole Language Umbrella of NCTE present "Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn ; Critical Literacy for Caring Democratic Classrooms" This interactive conference will focus on the question of building a caring education community while, at the same time, building serious resistance to inequality, rac- ism, sexism, and irrationalism-in schools and out . This conference is designed for reflection and action, reason and organizing. Please come prepared to participate. Chicago,The Palmer House Hotel July 26 - 29, 2001 Keynote Speaker on July 26 at 7 :00 p.m. Alfie Kohn author of Schools Our Children Deserve Featured Guests: Bess Altwerger, Brian Cambourne, Ken Goodman,Yetta Goodman,Carole Edelsky, Rich Gibson, Susan Harman, Jerry Harste, Sarah Hudelson, Ken Kantor, Stephen Krashen, Dorothy Menosky, Michael Peterson, E.Wayne Ross,George Schmidt, Patrick Shannon,Jan Turbill, Kevin Vinson, Sandra Wilde, Lorraine Wilson, Steve Zemelman and many more-especially you! Participatory Sessions on : Assessment &Testing; Critical Literacy & Social Justice; Children's Litera- ture & Literature Response ; Democratic Classrooms ; Organizing & Action Against Racist High-stakes Tests; Inclusive Teaching ; Embracing & Promoting Diversity ; Organizing for Justice; Inclusion or Ex- clusion : Whose Side are We On? ; Prison Education:The Fastest Growing School System? For registration or more information call : 1-800-369-6283 ext 3849 Or visit The Whole Schooling Consortium on the web : http://www.coe.wayne.edu/CommunityBuilding/WSC.html The CUFA Board has announced that ELIZABETH YEAGER will assume the position of editor of Theory and Research in Social Education beginning with Volume 30 (zooz) . Please direct all in- quiries and manuscripts to Professor Yeager at : Elizabeth Yeager College of Education The University of Florida 2404 Norman Hall GainesvIlle, Florida 32611 (352) 392 - 9191 ext . 242 (352) 392 - 9193 fax e yeagerpcoe .ufl .ed u IN SOCIAL EDUCATION Volume 29 Number 2 Spring 2001 FROM THE EDITOR What We Can Know and When We Can Know It 204 Kevin D. Vinson & E. Wayne Ross FEATURES The Origins of History's Mission in American Schools : A Case Study 212 of Hannah Adam's Sherry Schwartz Text and Context : Field-Testing the NYS Great Irish Famine Curriculum 238 Margaret MacCurtain, Maureen Murphy, Alan Singer, Lynda Costello, Rachel Gaglione, Siobhan Miller, Dorothy Cheryl Smith, Adeola Tella, & Nicole Williams A Search for Decision Making in Three Elementary Classrooms 261 Anna S. Ochoa-Becker, Mary Lou Morton, Mary Murray Autry, Susan Johnstad, & Dawn Merrill Does It Really Matter How We Teach? The Socializing Effects of a 290 Globalized U .S. History Curriculum