This book offers contemporary perspectives on some of the most enduring problems facing social studies educators. The contributors systematically investigate a broad range of issues affecting the curriculum, enabling teachers and other curriculum workers to better understand the nature, scope, and context of curriculum concerns in today's schools. <p/>Contributors include Jane Bernard-Powers, Terrie L. Epstein, Ronald W. Evans, Stephen C. Fleury, David Hursh, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Sandra Mathison, Cameron McCarthy, Merry M. Merryfield, Nel Noddings, David Warren Saxe, and Michael Whelan.