The Freedom Schools, the Civil Rights Movement, and Refocusing the Goals of American Education

Autor/in	Hale, Jon N.
Titel	The Freedom Schools, the Civil Rights Movement, and Refocusing the Goals of American Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Studies Research, 35 (2011) 2, S.259-276 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-985X
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Civil Rights; Freedom; Democracy; Educational Opportunities; Social Studies; Teaching Methods; Educational Objectives; Educational History; Curriculum; Equal Education; Educational Finance; Mississippi + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Freiheit; Demokratie; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	This article examines the history of the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Schools to illustrate how integrating the Civil Rights Movement into the social studies curriculum refocuses the aims of American education on participatory democracy. Teaching the Civil Rights Movement and employing the teaching strategies used in the Freedom Schools leads to the conclusion that a freedom-based pedagogical intervention can be used to re-conceptualize the overarching goals of American education and better meet the needs of all students. This paper examines the historical development of the Freedom Schools during a movement for social, political and economic equality and analyzes the pedagogical implications of incorporating this into the social studies curriculum. This history illustrates, connects to, and bridges the gap between the contemporary social studies curriculum and looking at education as a civil rights issue in order to address educational disparities in terms of underfunded schools, the achievement gap, and inequitable educational opportunity. (Contains 2 notes.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Society for the Social Studies. University of Central Florida College of Education, Suite 123M P.O. Box 161250, Orlando, FL 32816. e-mail: ISSS@mail.ucf.edu; Web site: http://www.TheISSI.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10