Social Studies Teacher Education: Critical Issues and Current Perspectives

Over the past decade, the world has experienced a major economic collapse, the increasing racial inequity and high—profile police killings of unarmed Black and Brown people, the persistence of global terrorism, a large—scale refugee crisis, and the negative impacts of global warming. In reaction to social instability, there are growing populist movements in the United States and across the world, which present major challenges for democracy. Concurrently, there has been a rise of grassroots...