Jeff Passe

Biographic Data

ID5060289
NAMEJeff Passe
GIVEN NAMESJeff
FAMILY NAMEPasse
SIGNATUREPASSE J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2009
H-INDEX2

  • Teaching Religion in America's Public Schools

    Jeff Passe, Lara WilloxARTICLEThe Social Studies2009Cited by: 2References: 2

    Religion plays an important role in social studies content and is difficult to ignore, especially because of current world events. In our global society, it is more important than ever to know about and understand the religious beliefs of others. The social studies curriculum is infused with religion, but teachers circumvent the issue, mistakenly citing the separation of church and state as an obstacle. This article examines assumptions and cause…

  • Dare We Make Peace

    Ronald W Evans, Jeff PasseARTICLEThe Social Studies2007

    The authors present a conversation among several leading social studies theorists, researchers, and practitioners on the social studies wars, or conflicts in the debate over the purposes, content, and practice of social studies in schools. Questions focus on addressing the plurality of definitions for the field, creating more effective dialogue among interest groups both within the National Council for the Social Studies and with other profession…

  • New Challenges in Elementary Social Studies

    Jeff PasseARTICLEThe Social Studies2006References: 1

    Keywords: elementary social studiesmethodstestingtextbooks

  • One State Closer to a National Crisis

    Tracy C Rock, Tracy Rock et al.ARTICLETheory & Research in Social…2006Cited by: 9References: 2

    In response to the growing concern of the marginalization of social studies education, members of the North Carolina Professors of Social Studies Education (NCPSSE) organization began a longtitudinal study in 2003 to examine elementary social studies education. This study is part of a statewide initiative among six universities in the North Carolina University system. The participating universities include: UNC Charlotte, UNC Asheville, Appalachi…

  • Social Education versus Vocational Education

    Jeff PasseARTICLEThe Social Studies2001

    The movement for vocational education conceals within itself two mighty and opposing forces, one which would utilize the public school primarily to turn out more efficient laborers in the present economic regime, with certain incidental advantages to themselves, the other which would utilize all the resources of public education to equip individuals to control their own future economic careers, and thus help on such a reorganization of industry a…

  • The Best Museum for Kids?– The One They Build Themselves

    Jeff Passe, Ingela WhitleyARTICLEThe Social Studies1998

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsIngela WhitleyJEFF PASSE is an associate professor of education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. INGELA WHITLEY is a fourth-grade teacher at the Shiloh Elementary School in Monroe, North Carolina

  • Early Field Experience in Elementary and Secondary Social Studies Methods Courses

    Jeff PasseARTICLEThe Social Studies1994References: 1

  • The Role of Internal Factors in the Teaching of Current Events

    Jeff PasseARTICLETheory & Research in Social…1988Cited by: 1References: 6

    This study examines the role of internal factors in curricular decisions of elementary teachers regarding current events instruction. A sample of elementary teachers answered survey questions that included items measuring their attention to current events. A construct called news awareness was developed. Additional items in the survey had teachers report on how frequently they taught about current events. A Chi-square analysis indicated that the …

  • Archeology

    Jeff Passe, Mindy PasseARTICLEThe Social Studies1985

  • Phil Donahue

    Open AccessJeff PasseARTICLEJournal of Teacher Education1984