events and appearances

In episode 151, Dan and Michael chat with friends of the pod, Drs. Andrea Hawkman and Sarah Shear, about their new book, Marking the “Invisible”: Articulating Whiteness in Social Studies Education.”

How do we teach history during COVID-19? American social studies teacher educators Dr. Andrea Hawkman (Utah State University) & Dr. Sarah Shear (University of Washington-Bothell) talk about their new co-edited collection on whiteness in social studies education to stress how drawing on the past can help us see systems of oppression in the present.

In this "Pandemic Pedagogy" conversation, American social studies teacher educators Dr. Andrea Hawkman & Dr. Sarah Shear speaks with Dr. Samantha Cutrara about their new edited collection 'Marking the "Invisible": Articulating Whiteness in Social Studies Education' (Information Age Publications) - in which I have a chapter! They talk about how the dysfunction and inequity that we can see during the pandemic is evidence of the dysfunction and inequity embedded in our society. Along these lines, they stress that there needs to be a recognition of the ways whiteness has permeated social studies and history teaching. They end with a call to action and say that we have to recognize what kind of world actually live in in order to advocate for and make change toward the world we actually want to live in.

Suggestions include everything from how to think about depth and coverage to diversifying the curriculum. There are many other great resources on effective, rigorous, and relevant teaching (some of which I’ll discuss in subsequent posts), but these readings should serve as a starting point for secondary and college-level instructors as they think about the ins-and-outs of teaching.

In this episode, Dan and Michael chat with Selena Van Horn and Andrea Hawkman about their new Social Studies and the Young Learner article, First Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage (Equality): Welcoming Diverse Families in the Elementary Classroom.