DOCUMENT RESUME ED 410 141 SO 027 446 AUTHOR Evans, Ronald W., Ed.; Saxe, David Warren, Ed. TITLE Handbook on Teaching Social Issues. NCSS Bulletin 93. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C. REPORT NO ISBN-0-87986-071-5 PUB DATE 96 NOTE 418p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council for the Social Studies, 3501 Newark Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20016-3167. PUB TYPE Collected Works General (020) Guides Non-Classroom (055) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Controversial Issues (Course Content); *Critical Thinking; Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation; *Futures (Of Society); Instructional Materials; Moral Issues; *Multicultural Education; Political Issues; Public Affairs Education; *Reflective Teaching; Social Problems; Social Studies; Teacher Education; Values; World Problems ABSTRACT This handbook explores the issues-centered curriculum for social studies teaching and how student performance reflects an intellectual capacity to address public issues. The book is divided into 11 parts with essays to address specific aspects of the approach. The foreword, written by Shirley Engle, establishes a context for issues-based curriculum. Essays include: "Defining Issues-Centered Education" (Ronald W. Evans; Fred M. Newmann; David Warren Saxe); "Building a Rationale for Issues-Centered Education" (Anna S. Ochoa-Becker); "The Engle-Ochoa Decision Making Model for Citizenship Education" (Rodney F. Allen); "Using Issues in the Teaching of American History" (David Warren Saxe); "World History and Issues-Centered Instruction" (Richard E. Gross); "Issues-Centered Approaches to Teaching Geography Courses"(A. David Hill; Salvatore J. Natoli); "Issues-Centered Global Education" (Merry M. Merryfield; Connie S. White); "An Approach to Issues-Oriented Economic Education" (Beverly J. Armento; Francis W. Rushing; Wayne A. Cook); "Teaching Issues-Centered Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology" (Jerry A. Ligon; George W. Chilcoat); "Issue-Centered Curricula and Instruction at the Middle Level" (Samuel Totten; Jon Pedersen); "An Issues-Centered Curriculum for High School Social Studies" (Ronald W. Evans; Jerry Brodkey); "Assessing Student Learning of an Issue-Oriented Curriculum" (Walter C. Parker); "International Social Studies: Alternative Futures" (James L. Barth); "International Relations/Foreign Policy Teaching Resources" (Mary E. Soley); "Domestic Economic Policy" (Ronald A. Banaszak); "Teaching about International Human Rights" (Nancy Flowers); and "Children's Rights" (Beverly C. Edmonds). An afterword is provided by James Shaver.(EH) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** rd / U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) )(This document has been reproduced as received from- the person or organization originating It. C Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points ol view or opinionsstated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY . T-7. L4TT e-41 TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) A BEST COPYAVAILAB11- NCSS National Council for the Social Studies Founded 1921 President President-Elect Vice-President Pat Nickell Richard Diem Tedd Levy Fayette County Public SchoolsUniversity of Texas Nathan Hale Middle School Lexington, Kentucky San Antonio, Texas Norwalk, Connecticut Board of Directors Michael Hartoonian Ex Officio Janet K. Adams Stephen Johnson Fred Isele Peggy Altoff Terry Kuseske House of Delegates, Sara Smith Beattie Eric Ladue Steering Committee Chair Linda Black James Leming Adrian Davis Jody Smothers Marcello Executive Director Dorothy Dobson Denee Mattioli Martharose Laffey James J. Elliott Jeff Passe Syd Golston John Solberg Publications Director Sandra Haftel Robert J. Stahl Michael Simpson Editorial staff on this publication: Michael Simpson, Paul Degnan, Beth Hatch, Melissa Spead Editorial services provided by Carol Bloom, Bloom Ink Publishing Professionals, West Lafayette, IN Production Manager: Gene Cowan Design and Layout: Paul Wolski Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 96-071673 ISBN 0-87986-071-5 Copyright ©1996 by National Council for the Social Studies 3501 Newark Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016-3167 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 FOREWORD 11. Designing Issue-Based Unit Plans Shirley H Engle Joseph J. Onosko and Lee Swenson 89 PART 1 PART 3 DEFINITION AND RATIONALE CULTURAL DIVERSITY Introduction Introduction Anna S. Ochoa-Becker 1 Jesus Garcia 99 1. Defining Issues-Centered Education 12. Multicultural Issues in the Classroom: Ronald W Evans, Fred M. Newmann Race, Class, and Gender and David Warren Saxe 2 Gloria Ladson-Billings 101 2. Building a Rationale for Issues-Centered 13. Issues-Centered Education for Education Anna S. Ochoa-Becker 6 Language-Minority Students 3. The Historical Imperative for Hilda Hernandez and Devon Metzger 111 Issues-Centered Education 14. Issues-Centered Education Jack L. Nelson 14 in Multicultural Environments 4. Research on Issues-Centered Sharon L. Pugh and Jesus Garcia 121 Social Studies Carole L. Hahn 25 PART 4 PART 2 HISTORICAL TOPICS AND THEMES REFLECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES Introduction Introduction David Warren Saxe 130 Byron G. Massialas 42 15. Teaching Issues-Centered History 5. Criteria for Issues-Centered Content Patrick Ferguson 132 Selection Byron G. Massialas 44 16. Using Issues in the Teaching of 6. The Engle-Ochoa Decision Making American History David Warren Saxe .. .142 Model for Citizenship Education 17. A Critical Approach to Teaching Rodney F. Allen 51 United States History Ronald W Evans. .152 7. Preparing Citizens to Participate in 18. World History and Issues-Centered Public Discourse: The Public Issues Model Instruction Richard E. Gross 161 Laurel R. Singleton and James R. Giese 59 8. Teaching Controversial Issues PART 5 through Massialas and Cox Inquiry GEOGRAPHY, GLOBAL STUDIES AND Jadnn Cutler Sweeney and Stuart Foster 66 THE ENVIRONMENT 9. Critical Pedagogy and Social Education Introduction Cleo Cherryholmes 75 Josiah Tlou 164 10. Discussion Methods in an 19. Issues-Centered Approaches to Issues-Centered Curriculum Teaching Geography Courses Jeff Passe and Ronald W Evans 81 A. David Hill and Salvatore J Natoli 167 5 20. Issues-Centered Global Education PART 9 Merry M. Merryfield and Connie S. White.. .177 TEACHER EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION 21. Environmentalism and Introduction Environmental Issues Nancy Fichtman Dana 298 Stephen C. Fleury and Adam Sheldon 188 32. An Issues-Centered Education Nancy Fichtman Dana 299 PART 6 33. Supervision for Teacher Growth in SOCIAL SCIENCES Reflective, Issues-Centered Teaching Introduction Practice Ken Jerich 306 Patricia G. Avery 197 22. Issues-Centered Approaches to PART 10 Teaching Civics and Government FUTURE-ORIENTED, Patricia G. Avery, John L. Sullivan, ISSUES-CENTERED EDUCATION Elizabeth S. Smith and Stephen Sandell 199 Introduction 23. An Approach to Issues-Oriented James L. Barth 316 Economic Education Beverly J Armento, 34. Alternative Futures and the Francis W Rushing, and Wayne A. Cook 211 Social Studies Wilma S. Longstreet 317 24. Teaching Issues-Centered Anthropology, 35. International Social Studies: Sociology, and Psychology Alternative Futures James L. Barth 327 Jerry A. Ligon and George W Chilcoat 220 PART 11 PART 7 MATERIALS AND RESOURCES AN ISSUES-CENTERED CURRICULUM Introduction Introduction William R. Fernekes 338 William G. Wraga 228 36. Theory and Practice of 25. An Issues-Centered Elementary Issues-Centered Education Curriculum Dorothy Skeel 230 William R. Fernekes 339 26. Issue-Centered Curricula and 37. Government Policy-Making Instruction at the Middle Level Resources James K Daly 347 Samuel Totten and Jon Pedersen 237 38. International Relations/Foreign Policy 27. Teaching Societal Issues in Teaching Resources Mary E. Soley 351 School Science and Mathematics 39. Domestic Economic Policy Robert E. Yager and Martha V Lutz 247 Ronald A. Banaszak 357 28. An Issues-Centered Curriculum 40. Bibliography on Science, for High School Social Studies Technology, and Society Ronald W Evans and Jerry Brodkey 254 Samuel Totten and Jon E. Pedersen 359 29. Teaching Societal Issues 41. Road Maps for Multi-Culturalisms Across the Secondary Curriculum Jane Bernard Powers 364 William G. Wraga 265 42. Global Development/ Environmental Issues PART 8 Jeffrey L. Brown 369 ASSESSMENT 43. Teaching about International Introduction Human Rights Nancy Flowers 374 Walter C.Parker 276 44. Children's Rights 30. Assessing Student Learning Beverly C. Edmonds 377 of an Issue-Oriented Curriculum Walter C. Parker 280 AFTERWORD 31. Assessing Discussion of Public Issues: James Shaver 380 A Scoring Guide David Harris 288 INDEX 387 CONTRIBUTORS 404 iv Foreord Shir leg II. Engle The great philosopher-educator Alfred North length, or created their own products. And Whitehead (1929) posed a rationale for issues- they scarcely ever speculated on meaning,