Journal of International Social Studies  

http://www.iajiss.org 

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Volume 1 Number 2 1 Spring/Summer 2011 

 

 

Editor’s Message 

    The editorial staff of the Journal of 

International Social Studies welcomes you 

to the second issue of our new journal.  

Thanks to all of you who have contributed to 

the journal either through manuscript 

submissions or peer reviews.  This scholarly 

undertaking is a team effort that goes 

beyond the individual efforts of a small 

group of people. 

    We welcome three manuscripts to our 

second issue of the journal.  In keeping with 

our mission to create a forum for common 

concerns among social studies educators 

around the world, these manuscripts focus 

on the concept of citizenship and citizenship 

education within a national and global 

context.  

    In “Educating Citizens: A Cross-Cultural 

Conversation,” Susan A. Adler and Kho Ee 

Moi consider the meaning of citizenship in 

two different national settings, Singapore 

and the United States. Their findings are 

based on computer based conversations 

between teachers in Singapore and in the 

United States Midwest.  In “Global 

Citizenship and Global Solidarity through 

Study Abroad: An Exploratory Case Study 

of South Korean Students,” Sohyun An 

discusses pre-collegiate Korean students’ 

ideas about global citizenship. The findings 

are based on interviews with Korean 

students living and studying in the United 

States. The third manuscript, “Holocaust, 

Genocide and Human Rights Education: 

Learning Political Competencies for 21
st
 

Century Citizenship” by Rosanna M. Gatens 

and Mary Johnson studies how Holocaust, 

genocide and human rights education 

support students in their transformation into 

active world democratic citizens.  We 

appreciate the addition of this new research 

to the scholarly conversation on global 

citizenship. 

    In the media review section, the editor 

Carolyn O’Mahony, discusses the author 

Jeannie Baker’s contributions to 

international books for children.  In her 

review of the book, Reading Globally, K-8: 

Connecting Students to the World through 

Literature, Myra Zarnowski continues the 

conversation and introduces us to a book 

that discusses the use of international 

children’s literature throughout the school 

curriculum. 

    In the final section on International 

Assembly Perspectives, Gloria Alter 

presents excerpts from Toni Fuss Kirkwood-

Tucker’s speech upon accepting IA’s Global 

Scholar Award. 

    We will continue to publish the journal 

biannually and encourage the submission of 

new manuscripts and media reviews through 

the journal website iajiss.org. 

Beverly Milner (Lee) Bisland, Editor 

Journal of International Social Studies