Abstract

With the introduction of the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies State Standards, the National Council for the Social Studies has given new direction to K-12 social studies education in the United States. Among the notable changes is the expectation that primary and secondary teachers will use a deliberative pedagogy to teach elementary and high school social studies. While this is excellent news for advocates of democratic education it presents new challenges to colleges of education, which will take on much of the responsibility for introducing deliberative pedagogy to pre-service teacher candidates who did not have the opportunity to experience a deliberative pedagogy as part of their own K-12 schooling.