Researching and teaching social issues : the personal stories and pedagogical efforts of professors of education / edited by Samuel Totten and Jon E. Pedersen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / by Samuel Totten and Jon E. Pedersen -- Education, politics, and social transformation / Michael W. Apple -- Human ecology and science education policies and programs: reflections on social activism / Roger W. Bybee -- Forty days and forty nights in the wilderness of capitalist schooling / Ronald W. Evans -- Becoming political: one woman's story / Carole L. Hahn -- The unending quest for social issues in the schools: a personal narrative / Byron G. Massialas -- Social justice / Alex Molnar -- My experience with social issues and education / Fred Newmann -- Social issues and decision making: a career long commitment / Anna S. Ochoa-Becker -- The evolution of an educator / Jon E. Pedersen -- A happenstance-based social issues career / James P. Shaver -- Serendipity: a paradigm shifter's friend in academia / Barbara Solomon Spector -- A synergy of awareness, understanding, empathy and action: confronting social issues in the English classroom and beyond / Samuel Totten -- Socials issues as contexts for science and technology education / Robert Yager.

Researching and Teaching Social Issues: The Personal Stories and PedagogicalEfforts of Professors of Education, then, is comprised of original personalessays in which some notable teacher educators of late delineate the genesis andevolution of their thought and work vis-a -vis the teaching of social issues. Inrelating their personal stories, the authors were asked to discuss among otherissues those individuals and/or scholarly works that have most influenced themand how, their own aspirations in the field, the frustrations they have faced, theirperceptions of the field, their major contributions, and their current endeavors. Our goal was that each and every story be as informative, instructive, and engaging as possible. We believe thatreaders will be thoroughly engaged as they read the stories of these individuals-stories that are inspiring, filledwith passion, and reflective in nature. Indeed, we also believe that readers will gain unique pedagogical insightsinto the field and ample food for thought. The individuals selected for inclusion in the book are individuals who have made a major contribution regardingthe critical need to address social issues at all levels of schooling and beyond. All have dedicated a great amountof time, thought, energy, and commitment to creating powerful and pedagogically sound ways to teach aboutsocial and/or controversial issues. Many have done so for well over fortyyears.

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