You are invited to submit to the Fall 2023 Issue of the Manitoba Social Science Teachers’ Association (MSSTA) Journal.
“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from ruin which except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and the young, would be inevitable. And education, too, is where we decide whether we love our children enough not to expel them from our world and leave them to their own devices, not to strike from their hands their chance of undertaking something new, something unforeseen by us, but to prepare them in advance for the task of renewing a common world.”
– Hannah Arendt
“Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it, and by the same token save it from ruin which except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and the young, would be inevitable. And education, too, is where we decide whether we love our children enough not to expel them from our world and leave them to their own devices, not to strike from their hands their chance of undertaking something new, something unforeseen by us, but to prepare them in advance for the task of renewing a common world.”
– Hannah Arendt
The above Hannah Arendt quote is cited in the grade 12 Global Issues curriculum, a curriculum that centers student action. Through this course, students are invited to critically engage with their world, to consider the consequences of their in/actions, and to take action to create positive changes. This is not the only social studies curriculum in Manitoba that encourages active citizenship. All K-12 social studies courses are anchored to this core concept. The introduction to the Kindergarten curriculum, along with all others, reads: “Welcome to the world of social studies, where students have opportunities to interact with each other in democratic groups and communities, and to acquire the knowledge, values, and skills they need to become active, responsible citizens within our Canadian society. As they grow and learn the skills of citizenship, they not only contribute to their learning communities, but also contribute to the betterment of our society”. Not only does active citizenship frame each social studies curriculum, but the knowledge within the curriculum invites students to think about how citizens have/not taken action throughout history. Moreover, it introduces students to their rights, in particular the right to express opinions on matters and decisions that affect them. The students in our classrooms are impacted by social, economic, political and environmental issues--and feel compelled to take action. In this issue, we ask, what are social studies teachers in this province doing in their classrooms to foster student action.
Through this issue we hope to hear about: the issues that are inspiring student action across this province, the wonderings and worries that action oriented pedagogy evokes, and the ways that educators are inviting student action.
Educators can submit to any section of the journal:
Submissions should be sent to msstajournal@gmail.com no later than August 1st, 2023. We hope to publish this issue in late September, 2023. Please send your submissions as word documents.
For immediate response to any journal inquiries, please reach out to shannon.moore@umanitoba.ca.
If you are interested in advertising in our journal, please contact us directly; we are in the process of developing protocols and policies around advertising.
Through this issue we hope to hear about: the issues that are inspiring student action across this province, the wonderings and worries that action oriented pedagogy evokes, and the ways that educators are inviting student action.
Educators can submit to any section of the journal:
- Pedagogy: scholarly writing connected to the issue theme. Writers should aim for 5-7 double-spaced pages. Submissions accepted in this section will serve as the anchor essay for the entire issue.
- Practice: class activities, lessons and/or unit plans.
- Professional Development: events, learning resources, books, podcasts, organizations including student groups
- Photos: If you have any photographs of Manitoba that you would like featured in the issue, we would love to include them.
Submissions should be sent to msstajournal@gmail.com no later than August 1st, 2023. We hope to publish this issue in late September, 2023. Please send your submissions as word documents.
For immediate response to any journal inquiries, please reach out to shannon.moore@umanitoba.ca.
If you are interested in advertising in our journal, please contact us directly; we are in the process of developing protocols and policies around advertising.
