Journeys in Social Education: A Primer

1. Front Matter

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2. Experiencing Social Education

   • Sabrina Marsh

   Pages 1-13

3. Visualizing the White Spaces

   • Susan McCormack

   Pages 15-28

4. Our Social Education Journey

   • Chris Witschonke, Susan Mccormack, Traci Jensen, Sabrina Marsh, Bernardo Pohl, Debby Shulsky

   Pages 29-39

5. Rethinking Social Studies for Social Education

   • Cameron White

   Pages 41-48

6. Social Education – Sacrality in Education

   • Jacob W. Neumann

   Pages 49-66

7. Cultural Re-Location and the Appropriation of Underrepresented Voices

   • Emily J. Summers

   Pages 67-78

8. The Schools We Deserve

   • Amy Mulholland

   Pages 79-91

9. Culture of Fear

   • Samuel Brower

   Pages 93-110

10. Five Years Later

    • Douglas Edwards, John Reyes

    Pages 111-132

11. The Moral Crisis in Special Education

    • Bernardo Pohl

    Pages 133-145

12. Recognizing and (Re)cognizing Ageism in EC–12 US Social Education

    • Emily J. Summers, Amy Esdorn

    Pages 147-161

13. The Pop Connection

    • Cameron White

    Pages 163-173

14. Heteronormative Assumptions Embedded in the Cartoonworld and Beyond

    • Emily J. Summers

    Pages 175-193

15. Michael Moore, Baby Einstein, and Student Council Elections

    • Christopher Witschonke

    Pages 195-209

16. Critical or Negative?

    • Traci Warren Jensen

    Pages 211-226

17. Social Education Teacher as Activist

    • Tony L. Talbert, James B. Rodgers

    Pages 227-239

18. Social Education and Transformative Teacher Education

    • Chris Witschonke, Susan Mccormack, Traci Jensen, Bdebby Schulsky, Sabrina Marsh, Cameron White

    Pages 241-249

19. Back Matter

    Pages 251-252

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Social education is quite a journey. Given the ongoing debate and struggle with “defining” social education, the following is at present a “working definition” -  "While we resist ‘defining’ social education, we believe that social education emphasizes three areas of study: critical pedagogy, cultural/media studies, and social studies education.  We also stress that education, interpreted broadly, has the potential to advance social justice." Thus emerged social education… a lifelong journey for all of us – to question, to challenge, to do, and to create. Connecting present and past, merging current issues with traditional curriculum, integrating alternative texts and perspectives, empowering and emancipating kids and educators, and transforming schools and society – the transgressions of social education scream out. Dewey, Freire, Kincheloe, Zinn, Greene, Giroux, Apple, hooks, McLaren, Kozol, Loewen, Said, Chomsky, even Bob Dylan and many others have provided the impetus. May we make them proud! The essays within this text demonstrate various journeys in social education. They are meant as stories, not maps or scripts. They are intended to serve as a primer of sorts, for those interested in a similar journey. Hopefully, this can be a meaningful experience for many – students, educators, parents, and society as a whole, of course. Well… the journey and struggle continues…

• Social Education

• University of Houston, Houston, USA

  Cameron White

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