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IN SOCIAL EDUCATION IN THIS ISSUE Features Ann V.Angell Practicing Democracy at School Chara Haeussler Bohan Student Teachers' Historical Thinking 0. L. Davis, Jr. Elizabeth Anne Yeager The Progressive Ideas of Alice Miel Roland Reichenbach The Postmodern Self and the Problem of Developing a Democratic Mind Lee H. Ehman Trends in TRSE from 1973-1997 Dialogue David Hursh Living, Not Practicing, Democracy at School Aggie Seneway Ann V.Angell Rejoinder to Hursh and Seneway Ron Evans & David Warren Saxe Issues-Centered Education Misread S. G. Grant& Kathryn Tzetzo Rejoinder to Evans and Saxe Viewpoint Jack R. Fraenkel Thoughts About Social Studies Research Book Reviews Stephen C Fleury Whose History? And Other Questions for John T Mallon Social Education Rahima C. Wade Seeking Democratic Possibilities Stephen J.Thornton Dewey's Relevance to Schools of Today The Journal of the College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies Volume 26 Number 2 Spring 1998 IN SOCIAL EDUCATION Volume 26 Number 2 Spring 1998 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 1998 by the College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies . All rights reserved . THEORY AND RESEARCH IN SOCIAL EDUCATION © 1998 College and University Faculty Assembly of National Council for the Social Studies. 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Davis, Jr. The University of Texas at Austin Terrie L. Epstein University of Michigan Ron Evans San Diego State University Stephen C. Fleury State University of New York at Oswego Geneva Gay University of Washington S. G. Grant State University of New York at Buffalo David Hursh University of Rochester Marilyn Johnston The Ohio State University Gloria Ladson-Billings University of Wisconsin, Madison Linda Levstik University of Kentucky Andra Makler Lewis & Clark College Perry Marker Sonoma State University Merry M . Merryfield The Ohio State University Petra Munro Louisiana State University Susan Noffke University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Valerie Ooka Pang San Diego State University Walter C. Parker University of Washington Warren Prior Deakin University, Australia Peter Seixas University of British Columbia William B. Stanley University of Delaware Lynda Stone University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Stephen J. Thornton Teachers College, Columbia University Bruce VanSledright University of Maryland, College Park Rahima Wade University of Iowa Editorial Assistant Ellen Boesenberg Art Director Gene Cowan TRSE Spring 1998 143 CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS Viewpoint A forum for discussion of issues related to social education and the politics of scholarship, teaching, and curriculum Readers' reactions to the recent series of essays published under the title"TRSE at a Quarter Century"has been overwhelmingly posi- tive. In the past, TRSE has been almost exclusively devoted to pub- lishing research articles and book reviews,with little space devoted to opinion/editorial essays by readers . TRSE remains committed to its original mission-publishing rigorously juried, high quality scholarship from a variety of perspectives . This new section of the journal, however,will provide the field with a high profile forum in which researchers, teacher educators, teachers, and others inter- ested in social education can share their views on issues relevant to the field ."Viewpoint"will typically feature one essay per issue. Public discussion allows us to reason together and can improve our collective capacity for making the moral choices that are part of our work as social educators. As editor of TRSE, my hope is that this new forum will allow us to sustain a dialogue about important professional and intellectual issues in the field . Author Guidelines Essays to be considered for "Viewpoint" should address issues related to social education in general or the politics of scholarship, teaching or curriculum. Manuscripts should be prepared accord- ing to journal style (American Psychological Association Publication Manual, 4th edition) and be approximately 3,000 words (eight to ten pages, double spaced) in length . Manuscripts or inquiries should be directed to : E. Wayne Ross, Editor, Theory and Research in Social Education, P O. Box 6000, School of Education and Human Development, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, NY 1 3902-6000 .Tel eph one : (607) 777-2478. E-Mail: [email protected] u 1 44 Spring 1998 TRSE 'IRSE Volume 26 Number 2 Spring 1998 FROM THE EDITOR It's Got a Good Beat But Can You Dance to It? :The Different Drummers 146 Report and Discourse on Public Education E. Wayne Ross FEATURES Practicing Democracy at School: A Qualitative Analysis of an Elementary 149 Class Council Ann V. Angell Historical Constructions : How Social Studies Student Teachers' Historical 173 Thinking is Reflected in Their Writing of History Chara Haeussler Bohan & O. L. Davis, Jr. Democracy, Social Studies, and Diversity in the Elementary School 198 Classroom:The Progressive Ideas of Alice Miel Elizabeth Anne Yeager The Postmodern Self and the Problem of Developing a Democratic Mind 226 Roland Reichenbach Trends in TRSE from 1973-1997 : Implications for Goals and Process 238 Lee H. Ehman DIALOGUE Living, Not Practicing, Democracy at School 258 David Hursh & Aggie Seneway Rejoinder to Hursh and Seneway 263 Ann V Angell Issues-Centered Education Misread 264 Ron Evans & David Warren Saxe Rejoinder to Evans and Saxe 269 S. G.Grant & Kathryn Tzetzo VIEWPOINT Some Thoughts About Social Studies Research 272 Jack R. Fraenkel BOOKREVIEWS Whose History? And Other Questions