VanSledright, Bruce A., and S.G. Grant. “Surviving Its Own Rhetoric: Building a Conversational Community within the Social Studies.” (1991)

Citation:

VanSledright, Bruce A., and S.G. Grant. “Surviving Its Own Rhetoric: Building a Conversational Community within the Social Studies.” Theory and Research in Social Education 19(3) (1991): 283-304. http://www.socialstudies.org/cufa/trse

Abstract/Summary:

Argues for a conversational community within the social studies profession. Explores relevant attributes of such a community. Suggests that researchers ask (1) who speaks, (2) the topics of discourse, and (3) how language is used. Concludes that a conversational community does exist but is kept from its full potential by distrust between teachers and professors, among other factors.

Source/Credit:

ERIC