Most Read Articles 2017 Theory & Research in Social Education

Theory & Research in Social Education is designed to stimulate and communicate system­atic research and thinking in social education. Its purpose is to foster the creation and exchange of ideas and research findings that will expand knowledge and understanding of the purposes, conditions, and effects of schooling and education about society and social relations. Manuscripts reporting conceptual or empirical studies of social educa­tion are welcomed.

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  Redesigning Civic Education for the Digital Age: Participatory Politics and the Pursuit of Democratic Engagement

  • Volume 44 Issue 1 (2016)
  • Joseph Kahne, Erica Hodgin, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl

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  Toward Historical Perspective Taking: Students’ Reasoning When Contextualizing the Actions of People in the Past

  • Volume 45 Issue 1 (2017)
  • Tim Huijgen, Carla van Boxtel, Wim van de Grift, Paul Holthuis

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  Preparing to Teach a Slavery Past: History Teachers and Educators as Navigators of Historical Distance

  • Volume 45 Issue 1 (2017)
  • Stephan Klein

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  Gaming History: A Framework for What Video Games Teach About the Past

  • Volume 44 Issue 4 (2016)
  • Scott Alan Metzger, Richard J. Paxton

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  We’re Just Ordinary People: Messianic Master Narratives and Black Youths’ Civic Agency

  • Volume 44 Issue 2 (2016)
  • Ashley N. Woodson

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  Teaching Through Turmoil: Social Studies Teachers and Local Controversial Current Events

  • Volume 44 Issue 3 (2016)
  • Katy Swalwell, Simone Schweber