Providing a clear introduction to self-study in social studies education, this volume exposes a deeper understanding of both teaching and teacher education. The text adds a new dimension to the self-study community, due to its unique subject area and specific focus.

Advancing Social Studies Education through Self-Study Methodology provides a collection of works that highlights ways in which self-study of teaching and teacher education practices can advance conversations and knowledge in social studies education. Some of the pieces chosen for this book will provide theoretical connections between the two fields (e.g. how values and principles important to both fields work together, are similar, and can help each field expand). Others will provide specific examples of self-studies that focus on social studies specific concepts. The book provides a strong and clear introduction of self-study to the field of social studies education as well as an argument for its use to further understand social studies teaching and teacher education. It also provides the self-study community with an example of how self-study can be used to look at content specific aspects of teaching and teacher education.

Provides a coherent and strong set of studies and philosophical pieces that exemplify how self-study can help social studies teacher educators develop a body of knowledge about teaching social studies teachers Unique in its subject area specific focus and will add a new dimension to the Self-Study community's conversations

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Self-Study and Social Studies: Framing the Conversation.- Join, or Die! A Pragmatic Case for Reflective Self-Study in Social Studies.- Looking Glass on the Dresser: Finding Florence Fisher Farr.- Self-Study Methodology as a Means Toward Ongoing Rationale Development and Refinement.- Diversity, Democracy, and Documentation: A Self-Study Path to Sharing Social Realities and Challenges in a Field-Based Social Studies Curriculum Methods Course.- Modeling Self-Study in Social Studies Teacher Education: Facilitating Learning About Teaching for Democratic Citizenship.- Internationalising Social Studies Programmes Through Self-Study.- Social Skills in Action: An Ethic of Care in Social Studies Student Teaching Supervision.- Self-Study's Influence on Graduate Studies and Social Studies Teaching: Bridging Intent and Action.- Complicating Coherence: Self-Study Research and Social Studies Teacher Education Programs and Practices.- I Love It When a Plan Comes Together: Collaborative Self-Study in Graduate School as a Space to Reframe Thinking About Social Studies Teaching and Teacher Education.- Looking Across and Moving Forward: Shared Connections and Future Questions.