A Bad Argument for a Reasonable Position

Autor/in	Bain, Robert B.
Titel	A Bad Argument for a Reasonable Position
Quelle	In: Phi Delta Kappan, 89 (2008) 9, S.654-659 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-7217
Schlagwörter	Social Studies; History Instruction; Stereotypes; Teacher Characteristics; Educational Improvement; Social Sciences; Persuasive Discourse; Civics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Klischee; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Staatsbürgerkunde
Abstract	The author was disappointed after reading Kevin St. Jarre's article entitled "Reinventing Social Studies". Rather than reinventing social studies, this article reflects the field's major problems. It recycles stereotypical views of history teachers, confuses chronology with history, and offers a one-dimensional, single-cause explanation for how social studies got into its present sorry state. Ironically, in calling for more social science in schools, St. Jarre does not employ any of the conceptual or methodological tools of the social science disciplines. Rather, he offers an argument based on personal anecdotes and undocumented and, on occasion, incorrect assertions of fact. In this commentary, the author focuses on three areas that troubled him most: (1) the absence of evidence to support the claims; (2) the narrow, stereotypical view of history; and (3) the mono-causal explanation offered for the current state of social studies education. He also tries to build on their areas of agreement to offer a clearer picture of how discipline-based teaching might help genuinely reinvent social studies. (Contains 1 table and 13 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10