David W. (University of Rochester, NY, USA) Hursh & E. Wayne Ross 
Democratic Social Education 
Social Studies for Social Change

In 1932 George Counts, in his speech ‘Dare the School Build a New Social Order?’ explicitly challenged teachers to develop a democratic, socialistic society. In Democratic Social Education: Social Studies for Social Change Drs. Hursh and Ross take seriously the question of what social studies educators can do to help build a democratic society in the face of current antidemocratic impulses of greed, individualism and intolerance. The essays in this book respond to Counts » question in theoretical analyses of education and society, historical analyses of efforts since Counts » challenge, and practical analyses of classroom pedagogy and school organization. This volume provides researchers and teacher educators with ideas and descriptions of practice that challenge the taken-for-granted meanings of democracy, citizenship, culture, work, indoctrination, evaluation, standards and curriculum within the purposes of social education.