Contributors; About the Authors; About the Editors; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction: What Are We Teaching Social Studies (Teachers) For?; References; Part I: Rethinking Social Studies Teacher Education Purpose; Chapter 1: From Non-racism to Anti-racism in Social Studies Teacher Education: Social Studies and Racial Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Stances: Non-racist and Anti-racist; Definition of Race and Racism; Race and Social Studies Education; Non-racism; NCSS and Non-racism; White Social Studies.

Racial Pedagogical Content Knowledge: towards a Anti-racist Approach to Social Studies Teacher Education ProgramsAnti-racist Teaching: High Schools, Race, and America's Future; Discussion: Theorizing and Creating RPCK in Social Studies Teacher Programs; Conclusion; References; Chapter 2: Challenging Neoliberal Perspectives: A Framework for Humanizing Social Studies Teacher Education; Introduction; The Context of an Information Based System; The Conflict Between an Information Based System and a Transformation Based System; Humanizing Social Studies Teacher Education.

Fostering a Dialogic Relationship Focusing on Student Experience; Facilitate a Critique of Official Knowledge; Frame Critical Questions and Introduce Subjugated Knowledge; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Teaching Social Studies to These Students in This Place: Exploring Place in Social Studies Teacher Education; Introduction; Why Place Matters; Place as Related to Individual Identity; Place Attachment; Place Perception; Fostering Place Consciousness in Pre-service Teachers; Locating Place Within Social Studies Teacher Preparation; Urban Places; Rural Places.

Discussion and ConclusionReferences; Part II: Rethinking Course Curriculum; Chapter 4: No More Playing in the Dark: Twenty-First Century Citizenship, Critical Race Theory, and the Future of the Social Studies Methods Course; Citizenship as a Critical Focus of the Social Studies; Citizenship Education and Social Justice; The Doing in Citizenship Education; Citizenship Education and Social Studies Teacher Education; The Entanglement of Race and Citizenship: A Challenge for Contemporary Teachers; Critical Race Theory as an Organizing Framework in Social Studies Teacher Education.

What Is CRT? Basic CRT Concepts In Pre-service Teacher Education; Color Blindness; Interest Convergence; Interest Divergence; A New Vision for the Social Studies Methods Course; Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Preparing Elementary Pre-service Teachers to Promote Big Ideas Within Social Studies; Social Studies for Big Ideas; Preparing Pre-service Elementary Teachers to Teach Social Studies; The Redesigned Elementary Social Studies Methods Course; Study Design; Findings; Subject Area Knowledge; Understanding the Purpose of Big Ideas.