College and University Faculty Assembly of the NCSS

2012 Annual Meeting

The time has come to solicit proposals for scholarship to be presented at the 2012 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Annual Meeting, to be held from Wednesday, November 14, through Friday, November 16, in Seattle, Washington. The theme of this year’s conference is Opening Windows to the World. Our program will include papers, symposia, and alternative sessions selected via this call for proposals and a thorough peer review process, drawn from the expertise and efforts of the NCSS CUFA membership. In addition, the conference will feature invited speakers, CUFA- and NCSS-cosponsored Research Into Practice (RIP) sessions, and yearly business meetings.

All who wish to submit a proposal will access the NCSS CUFA online proposal system through the following website, which also is available through www.ncsscufa.org: http://tinyurl.com/cufa2012submission. This form includes submission information for all participants who wish to present their work and potentially serve as a chair, discussant, and/or proposal reviewer. If you simply want to be considered for the role of chair, discussant, and/or reviewer without submitting a proposal, please provide your contact information here: http://tinyurl.com/cufareviewer.

University of South Florida Social Science Education Ph.D. Program

The University of South Florida Social Science Education faculty invites highly qualified individuals to apply for its Spring 2014 Doctoral Cohort. The program prepares graduates to assume positions as teacher educators and leaders for curriculum and instructional reform. This distinctive program provides opportunities for students to work closely with faculty on research, teacher education, global initiatives, and innovation in Social Science Education.

Call for Papers: Special Issue of RCETJ on Using Technology in Social Studies Education

The Journal of the Research Center for Educational Technology (RCETJ) is seeking articles on using technology in social studies education for a special issue, edited by Alicia R. Crowe, to be published in the fall of 2012. Manuscripts to be considered for this special issue should focus on utilization of technology in preK-12 and pre-service social studies education. Articles may address issues of preK-12 and pre-service social studies classroom technology integration from research-based, practical, or theoretical perspectives at any levels of academic and institutional contexts. Priority will be given to manuscripts that are well-grounded in social studies education research literature and/or present novel research into the utilization of technology in social studies education.

Attention All Methods Professors: Outreach to the next generation of social studies educators

We would like your assistance in introducing your students to their professional organization, National Council for the Social Studies. Membership recruitment of new professionals is extremely important to NCSS both to ensure that we are reaching them with our professional resources and to have their input on professional concerns and new approaches to social studies instruction. To facilitate this effort, we are offering to send sample copies of Social Education, Social Studies and the Young Leaner and membership applications, to you for distribution. This offer stands as long as supplies last!

Theory and Research in Social Education Abstracts

Volume 40, Number 1, Winter 2012

The latest issue of Theory and Research in Social Education includes articles from Jeremy Hilburn and Paul Fitchett; Ting Zhang, Judith Torney-Purta, and Carolyn Barber; and Alan Marcus, Thomas Levine, and Robin Grenier, as well as a book review from Gabriel A. Reich.

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