Beth C. Rubin

Social Studies

History and Memory

Civic Engagement

Race & Equity in Education

Qualitative Research

Civic Learning and Belonging

My current research project on civic learning and identity in post-conflict Guatemala, “Civic Learning and Teaching in Guatemalan Schools,” is funded by a Fulbright Scholar grant. The “Youth Participatory Action Research in the Classroom” study (with Mayida Zaal and Jennifer Ayala), funded by the OverbrookFoundation and the Schumann Fund for New Jersey, explores the integration of youth civic action research into social studies classrooms. In “Teaching for Civic Learning in Diverse Social Studies Classrooms,” funded by the Spencer Foundation, I worked with teachers in diverse high school social studies classrooms to develop, implement, and study the impact of an approach to civic education designed to build builds upon students’ experiences and concerns while developing the content knowledge and critical skills necessary for empowered democratic participation.

Books
2019 Beth C. Rubin, Eric Freedman and Jongsung Kim, Design research in social studies education: Critical lessons from an emerging field. New York: Routledge. 

2012 Beth C. Rubin, Making citizens: Transforming civic learning for diverse social studies classrooms. New York: Routledge.

2008 Beth C. Rubin and James Giarelli, Editors, Civic education for diverse citizens in global times: Rethinking theory and practice. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

2003 Beth C. Rubin and Elena M. Silva, Editors, Critical voices in school reform: Students living through change. New York & London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Articles

In press  Beth C. Rubin and Hana Cervinkova. Challenging silences: Historical memory and democratic citizenship education in Poland and Guatemala. Anthropology & Education Quarterly.

2017  Beth C. Rubin and Matilde Ivic de Monterroso. De los escenarios politicos a la práctica: el desarrollo de la identidad cívica en distintos contextos educativos de Guatemala. Revista, 34, 58-66.

2017  Beth C. Rubin; Jennifer Ayala; Mayida Zaal. Aims, authenticity and authority: Navigating youth participatory action research in the classroom. Curriculum Inquiry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03626784.2017.1298967

2016  Beth C. Rubin; Thea Abu El-Haj; Eliot Graham and Kevin Clay. Confronting the urban civic opportunity gap:  Integrating youth participatory action research into preservice teacher education. Journal of Teacher                 Education, 67: 424-436.

2016  Beth C. Rubin, We come to form ourselves bit by bit: Educating for citizenship in postconflict Guatemala. American Educational Research Journal. 53: 639-672

2016  Beth C. Rubin. They don’t tell it: Indigenous social studies teachers transforming curricula in postconflict Guatemala. Journal of International Social Studies. 6(1), 114-127.

2016  Beth C. Rubin, What social studies can do: Bringing critical civic learning to US social studies classrooms. Social Studies Education Review, 6 (1): 64-782016

2016  Deirdre Dougherty and Beth C. Rubin, Learning the colonial past in a colonial present: Students and teachers confront the Spanish conquest in post-conflict Guatemala.  Educational Studies, 52(3), 216-236.

2015  Beth C. Rubin. A time for social studies: Talking with young people about Ferguson and Staten Island. Social Education, 79 (1): 22-29. Reprinted in Social Science Docket, 15 (2): 2-5

2010  Beth C. Rubin and Brian Hayes. “No backpacks” vs. “Drugs and murder”: The promise and complexity of youth civic action research. Harvard Educational Review, 80(3), 149-175.

2010  Beth C. Rubin. “Youth civic identity development in the U.S. history course.” Social Education, 74(3), 144-147.

2009 Beth C. Rubin, Brian Hayes, and Keith Benson, “’It’s the worst place to live’: Urban youth and the challenge of school-based civic learning.” Theory Into Practice, 48(3), 213-221.

2009 Thea Abu El-Haj and Beth C. Rubin, “Realizing the equity-minded aspirations of detracking and inclusion: Toward a capacity-oriented framework for teacher education,” Curriculum Inquiry, 39(3), 435-463.

2008 Beth C. Rubin, “Detracking in context: How local constructions of ability complicate equity-geared reform.” Teachers College Record, 110(3), 647-700.

2007 Beth C. Rubin and Makeba Jones, “Student action research: Reaping the benefits for students and school leaders.” National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin, 91(4), 363-378

2007 Beth C. Rubin, “Learner identities amid figured worlds: Constructing (in)competence at an urban high school.” The Urban Review, 39(2), 217-249.

2007 Beth C. Rubin, “’Laboratories of democracy’: A situated perspective on learning social studies in detracked classrooms.” Theory and Research in Social Education, 35(1), 62-95.

2007 Beth C. Rubin, “’There’s still not justice’: Youth civic identity development amid distinct school and community contexts.” Teachers College Record, 109(2), 449-481.

2006 Beth C. Rubin, “Aware, complacent, discouraged, empowered: Students’ diverse civic identities.” Social Studies Research and Practice, 1(2).

2006 Beth C. Rubin, “Tracking and detracking: Debates, evidence and best practices for a heterogeneous world.” Theory Into Practice, 45(1), 4-14.

2004 Beth C. Rubin and Pedro Noguera, “Tracking detracking: Sorting through the dilemmas and possibilities of detracking in practice.” Equity and Excellence in Education. 37, 92-101. (with Pedro Noguera)

2003 Beth C. Rubin, “Unpacking detracking: When progressive pedagogy meets students’ social worlds.” American Educational Research Journal. 40(2), 539-573.

Download Rubin & Hayes (2010). No backpacks vs. drugs and murder. Harvard Educational Review.

Download Rubin (2016). Educating for citizenship in postconflict Guatemala. American Educational Research Journal.

Download Abu El-Haj & Rubin (2009). Realizing the equity aspirations of detracking and inclusion. Curriculum Inquiry.

Download Rubin (2015). A time for social studies. Social Education.

Download Dougherty & Rubin (2016). Learning the colonial past in a colonial present. Educational Studies.

Download Rubin (2007). Still not justice. Teachers College Record.

Download Rubin (2016). Indigenous teachers transforming social studies education in post-conflict Guatemala. International Social Studies

Download Rubin (2010). Civic identity development in the US History classroom. Social Education.

Download Rubin & Jones. Student action research. NASSP Bulletin.

Download Rubin, Hayes & Benson (2009). Urban youth and the challenge of school-based civic learning. Theory Into Practice.

Download Rubin & Noguera (2004). Tracking detracking. Equity and Excellence in Education.

Download Rubin (2007). Learner identity amid figured worlds. The Urban Review.

Download Rubin (2007). Learning social studies in detracked classrooms. Theory and Research in So.cial Education.

Download Rubin (2003). Unpacking detracking. American Educational Research Journal.

Download Rubin (2008). Detracking in context. Teachers College Record.

Download Rubin, Abu El-Haj, Graham & Clay (2016). Confronting the civic opportunity gap. Journal of Teacher Education