In episode 205, Dan and Michael chat with Amy Allen about her article published in Theory & Research in Social Education, “Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion.”

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Books, Articles and Other Amazing Resources

1. Allen, A. (2024). Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion. Theory & Research in Social Education, 1-39.
2. Allen, A. (2023). “We don’t know enough about it”: Student Perceptions of Judaism as a race, religion, or ethnicity. The Social Studies.
3. Allen, A. (2023). More than Hanukkah and the Holocaust: Teaching About Judaism in Elementary School. Social Studies and the Young Learner, 36(2), 12–17.
4. Rodríguez, N. N., & Swalwell, K. (2023). Social studies for a better world: An anti-oppressive approach for elementary educators. Routledge.

Biography

Amy Allen, an Assistant Professor of Social Studies in the Elementary Education program in the School of Education at Virginia Tech, is an elementary social studies scholar with an emphasis on religious literacy and teacher professional development in a global context. Her scholarship focuses on filling a gap in current research on religion, teacher professional development, and place-based education, primarily in the field of elementary social studies education.