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Turning Pragmatism into Practice

A Vision for Social Studies Teachers

Daniel W. Stuckart

Despite the founding of the modern social studies curriculum nearly a century ago based on John Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy, the field has never achieved a significant and broad implementation of his ideas. Dewey’s instrumentalism offers social studies educators a tool for addressing vexing problems such as whether they should design classroom experiences using a traditional or a social studies approach to learning history, the role of digital technologies, the purpose and challenges of younger learners working with an expanding horizons curriculum, and many more. At the same time, Dewey’s time-tested theories describe how students use the social studies curriculum to make meaning as well as provide teachers a blueprint for implementing engaging and interactive lessons. We have neglected Dewey, which has led to confusion, student disinterest, and widespread teaching methodologies contrary to theoretical and research best practices. Revisiting Dewey provides the why and how of what we do, an ideal for creating a challenging and rigorous social studies curriculum while engaging students’ interests.
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 158 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-4758-3770-4 • Hardback • January 2018 • $81.00 • (£62.00)
978-1-4758-3771-1 • Paperback • January 2018 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
978-1-4758-3772-8 • eBook • January 2018 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Education / Elementary / Social Studies, Education / Secondary / Social Studies, Education / Professional Development
Daniel W. Stuckart is an Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York with research interests in urban education, technology and student-centered practices. He is co-author of Revisiting Dewey: Best Practices for Educating the Whole Child Today (2010).
CHAPTER
  1. Nature
From Humble Origins to Greatness
His Works
Organizational Strategies Related to Dewey’s Writings
Ideological Trends and Major Works
Dewey and the Social Studies
A Paradox or Misunderstanding?
A Radical Turn in PhilosophyGreek and Early Modern Metaphysics
Dewey’s Theory of Nature
The Social Studies Wars Revisited
Dewey’s Philosophy in Action
The Instrumental Nature of Social Studies and the Social Sciences
Misunderstanding the Middle Position
Developing a Democratic Vision for Teaching Social Studies
The Central Problem of the Social Studies
Developing a Rationale for Teaching Social Studies
Summary
  1. Curriculum
Human Participation in Nature’s Rhythms
The Unity of Teaching and LearningThe Social Studies Teacher’s InteractionTeacher Beliefs and Enacting a Social Studies CurriculumThe Intersection of Beliefs and Teacher PreparationAims Talk RevisitedThe Three Pedagogical TraditionsThe Traditional Approach: Citizenship Transmission TeachersDisciplinary Tools: Social Scientist Approach TeachersDewey in Action: Reflective Inquiry TeachersDesigning and Implementing a Reflective Inquiry CurriculumActive OccupationsCurriculum StructuresLong-Term ProjectsThematic UnitsIssues-Centered Units and LessonsReverse Chronology UnitsThe Social Studies Curriculum Continuum
Using the Curriculum to Enlarge an Experience
Summary
  1. Experience
Experience and the Natural World
Having an Experience
The Denotative Method: Evolution Versus Intelligent Design
Scientific Principles
The Public and Its Social Beliefs
Dewey, Experience and Education
Educative Experiences
Characteristics of Educative Social Studies Experiences
Psychologizing the Social Studies Curriculum with Experience
Experience and Judgment
Moral Development as Judgment
Historical Judgment
History Education as Instrumental
Summary
  1. Morality
Impulse Psychology
Interest and Growth in Education
Maslow’s Hierarchy
Developing Student Interests
Interest and Pleasure
Effort, Motivation and Thinking
Valuation and Ethics
Valuation Theory
Primitive Valuations
Valuings, Desires and Interests
Means-End Relationships
Contextualism
Moral Philosophy
Dewey’s Moral Life
Habits
A Moral Self
Teacher Character Traits and Attitudes
Character Education
A Social Studies Reflective Moral Inquiry Model
Summary
  1. Inquiry
A Return to Dewey’s Ontology
The Nature of Inquiry
The Unification of Theory and Practice in a Problematic Situation
Knowledge as Production
Inquiry and Tools
A New Terminology for Old Ways of Doing and Undergoing
Inquiry as Continuous
Doing the Social Studies
Social Studies Inquiry
Inquiry is More than Big Investigations
Digital Tools and Artifacts
The Problem
The Curious Case of the Common Core State Standards
Summary
  1. Citizenship
Dewey’s Democracy
Social Naturalism
The State as Instrument
Young Persons’ Publics
Publics, Officials and Government
Publics and Democracy
Public Officials as Experts
Public Problems
The Social Studies
Controversial Public Issues
Refining Your Rationale with CPI and Local Values
Building a CPI Curriculum
Enacting a PPD Curriculum
Discussion
Democracy in Schools
Summary
References
John Dewey’s pedagogical concepts are timeless and Dr. Stuckart has delivered the preeminent writing on Dewey for the social studies classroom. His book provides social studies educators with the mechanisms for using Dewey’s instrumentalism philosophy to facilitate student learning towards an informed democratic populace. This should be on the bookshelf of every social studies educator!
— Kenneth Carano, associate professor, Western Oregon University; executive editor, Oregon Journal of the Social Studies


Daniel Stuckart’s Turning Pragmatism into Practice: A Vision for Social Studies Teachers, a text aimed at pre-service and practicing teachers, provides a vision for turning the philosophic constructs of John Dewey into a vision of what a secondary social studies curriculum and classroom might look like. By providing the reader an understanding of inquiry-based learning Professor Stuckart hopes to guide educators towards the establishment of democratic norms as part of secondary social studies classroom experiences.
— Richard Diem, dean emeritus, University of Texas at San Antonio; past-president of the National Council for the Social Studies


In his new book, Daniel Stuckart provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of how Dewey’s philosophy can inform social studies teachers tending the curricular-instructional gate.
— Stephen J. Thornton, professor of Social Science Education, University of South Florida; author of the award-winning “Teaching Social Studies That Matters: Curriculum for Active Learning”


In many ways, the social studies has been turning in circles for a century. In this engaging book, Daniel Stuckart revisits, revitalizes, and returns the field to the educational ideas of John Dewey that might enliven classrooms. Stuckart takes the rather dense works from Dewey's long career and makes them accessible for educators and applicable to the classroom. Pre-service to veteran social studies educators would be wise to engage with these pragmatic ideas as they prepare the next generation of citizens for democratic living.
— Daniel G. Krutka, Associate Professor of social studies education, University of North Texas; chair, Social Studies Research SIG of the American Educational Research Association


Turning Pragmatism into Practice

A Vision for Social Studies Teachers

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
eBook
Summary
Summary
  • Despite the founding of the modern social studies curriculum nearly a century ago based on John Dewey’s pragmatism philosophy, the field has never achieved a significant and broad implementation of his ideas. Dewey’s instrumentalism offers social studies educators a tool for addressing vexing problems such as whether they should design classroom experiences using a traditional or a social studies approach to learning history, the role of digital technologies, the purpose and challenges of younger learners working with an expanding horizons curriculum, and many more. At the same time, Dewey’s time-tested theories describe how students use the social studies curriculum to make meaning as well as provide teachers a blueprint for implementing engaging and interactive lessons. We have neglected Dewey, which has led to confusion, student disinterest, and widespread teaching methodologies contrary to theoretical and research best practices. Revisiting Dewey provides the why and how of what we do, an ideal for creating a challenging and rigorous social studies curriculum while engaging students’ interests.
Details
Details
  • Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
    Pages: 158 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-4758-3770-4 • Hardback • January 2018 • $81.00 • (£62.00)
    978-1-4758-3771-1 • Paperback • January 2018 • $41.00 • (£35.00)
    978-1-4758-3772-8 • eBook • January 2018 • $39.00 • (£30.00)
    Subjects: Education / Teaching Methods & Materials / General, Education / Elementary / Social Studies, Education / Secondary / Social Studies, Education / Professional Development
Author
Author
  • Daniel W. Stuckart is an Associate Professor of Social Studies Education at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York with research interests in urban education, technology and student-centered practices. He is co-author of Revisiting Dewey: Best Practices for Educating the Whole Child Today (2010).
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • CHAPTER
    1. Nature
    From Humble Origins to Greatness
    His Works
    Organizational Strategies Related to Dewey’s Writings
    Ideological Trends and Major Works
    Dewey and the Social Studies
    A Paradox or Misunderstanding?
    A Radical Turn in PhilosophyGreek and Early Modern Metaphysics
    Dewey’s Theory of Nature
    The Social Studies Wars Revisited
    Dewey’s Philosophy in Action
    The Instrumental Nature of Social Studies and the Social Sciences
    Misunderstanding the Middle Position
    Developing a Democratic Vision for Teaching Social Studies
    The Central Problem of the Social Studies
    Developing a Rationale for Teaching Social Studies
    Summary
    1. Curriculum
    Human Participation in Nature’s Rhythms
    The Unity of Teaching and LearningThe Social Studies Teacher’s InteractionTeacher Beliefs and Enacting a Social Studies CurriculumThe Intersection of Beliefs and Teacher PreparationAims Talk RevisitedThe Three Pedagogical TraditionsThe Traditional Approach: Citizenship Transmission TeachersDisciplinary Tools: Social Scientist Approach TeachersDewey in Action: Reflective Inquiry TeachersDesigning and Implementing a Reflective Inquiry CurriculumActive OccupationsCurriculum StructuresLong-Term ProjectsThematic UnitsIssues-Centered Units and LessonsReverse Chronology UnitsThe Social Studies Curriculum Continuum
    Using the Curriculum to Enlarge an Experience
    Summary
    1. Experience
    Experience and the Natural World
    Having an Experience
    The Denotative Method: Evolution Versus Intelligent Design
    Scientific Principles
    The Public and Its Social Beliefs
    Dewey, Experience and Education
    Educative Experiences
    Characteristics of Educative Social Studies Experiences
    Psychologizing the Social Studies Curriculum with Experience
    Experience and Judgment
    Moral Development as Judgment
    Historical Judgment
    History Education as Instrumental
    Summary
    1. Morality
    Impulse Psychology
    Interest and Growth in Education
    Maslow’s Hierarchy
    Developing Student Interests
    Interest and Pleasure
    Effort, Motivation and Thinking
    Valuation and Ethics
    Valuation Theory
    Primitive Valuations
    Valuings, Desires and Interests
    Means-End Relationships
    Contextualism
    Moral Philosophy
    Dewey’s Moral Life
    Habits
    A Moral Self
    Teacher Character Traits and Attitudes
    Character Education
    A Social Studies Reflective Moral Inquiry Model
    Summary
    1. Inquiry
    A Return to Dewey’s Ontology
    The Nature of Inquiry
    The Unification of Theory and Practice in a Problematic Situation
    Knowledge as Production
    Inquiry and Tools
    A New Terminology for Old Ways of Doing and Undergoing
    Inquiry as Continuous
    Doing the Social Studies
    Social Studies Inquiry
    Inquiry is More than Big Investigations
    Digital Tools and Artifacts
    The Problem
    The Curious Case of the Common Core State Standards
    Summary
    1. Citizenship
    Dewey’s Democracy
    Social Naturalism
    The State as Instrument
    Young Persons’ Publics
    Publics, Officials and Government
    Publics and Democracy
    Public Officials as Experts
    Public Problems
    The Social Studies
    Controversial Public Issues
    Refining Your Rationale with CPI and Local Values
    Building a CPI Curriculum
    Enacting a PPD Curriculum
    Discussion
    Democracy in Schools
    Summary
    References
Reviews
Reviews
  • John Dewey’s pedagogical concepts are timeless and Dr. Stuckart has delivered the preeminent writing on Dewey for the social studies classroom. His book provides social studies educators with the mechanisms for using Dewey’s instrumentalism philosophy to facilitate student learning towards an informed democratic populace. This should be on the bookshelf of every social studies educator!
    — Kenneth Carano, associate professor, Western Oregon University; executive editor, Oregon Journal of the Social Studies


    Daniel Stuckart’s Turning Pragmatism into Practice: A Vision for Social Studies Teachers, a text aimed at pre-service and practicing teachers, provides a vision for turning the philosophic constructs of John Dewey into a vision of what a secondary social studies curriculum and classroom might look like. By providing the reader an understanding of inquiry-based learning Professor Stuckart hopes to guide educators towards the establishment of democratic norms as part of secondary social studies classroom experiences.
    — Richard Diem, dean emeritus, University of Texas at San Antonio; past-president of the National Council for the Social Studies


    In his new book, Daniel Stuckart provides a comprehensive yet accessible treatment of how Dewey’s philosophy can inform social studies teachers tending the curricular-instructional gate.
    — Stephen J. Thornton, professor of Social Science Education, University of South Florida; author of the award-winning “Teaching Social Studies That Matters: Curriculum for Active Learning”


    In many ways, the social studies has been turning in circles for a century. In this engaging book, Daniel Stuckart revisits, revitalizes, and returns the field to the educational ideas of John Dewey that might enliven classrooms. Stuckart takes the rather dense works from Dewey's long career and makes them accessible for educators and applicable to the classroom. Pre-service to veteran social studies educators would be wise to engage with these pragmatic ideas as they prepare the next generation of citizens for democratic living.
    — Daniel G. Krutka, Associate Professor of social studies education, University of North Texas; chair, Social Studies Research SIG of the American Educational Research Association


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