NCSS JOURNALS WIN AEP AWARDS !

“The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) has awarded NCSS two of AEP’s "best of the year" awards for periodical publications in 2008.

The September/October 2008 issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner was judged the best anniversary or commemorative issue of a journal for educators to have been published in 2008. This was the special 20th anniversary issue of the Young Learner, published in September-October 2008. The journal, which is edited by Professor Linda Bennett of the University of Missouri-Columbia, promotes creative teaching in grades K-6.

Read one of the articles in this issue—“Teachers Who Shaped Our Lives” by Andrea Libresco (Attached below). The rest of the issue is available on the members-only website.

Social Education’s Research and Practice column was judged the best column or department of the year to have been published in a periodical for educators in 2008. This column, whose editor is Professor Walter Parker of the University of Washington, highlights educational research that is relevant for classroom teaching.

Read one of the columns published in 2008—“The Two World Histories” by Ross E. Dunn (September 2008) (Attached below). The other Research and Practice columns are available on the members-only website.

In addition to these awards, AEP honored an article on "Addressing Student Trauma in the Wake of the California Wildfires," that was published in Social Education (January-February 2008). The article was judged one of the best four learned articles in an educational periodical in 2008. The authors were Valerie Pang, Marcelina Madueño, Miriam Atlas, Tamiko Stratton, Jennifer Oliger, and Cindy Page. Open the attachment below to read the article. Other Social Education articles are on the members-only website.