Parker, Walter

Walter Parker teaches in the College of Education at the University of Washington in Seattle where he chairs the Social Studies Education Program. Earlier he taught at the University of Texas at Arlington.He studies K-12 social studies education generally and, in particular, civic education and the new international education movement. His other books include "Renewing the Social Studies Curriculum "(1991); "Educating the Democratic Mind "(1996); "Education for Democracy: Contexts, Curricula, and Assessments "(2002); and "Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life "(2003).He is the...