Teaching Social Studies In Secondary Schools
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Teaching the Social Sciences and History in Secondary Schools
Author: Social Science Education Consortium
language: en
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Release Date: 1996
This book offers more serious consideration of content in the social studies curriculum by including content-specific chapters written by discipline experts. Interwoven with content coverage are numerous teaching-learning activities. The book is divided into three parts and an introductory chapter by James C. Schott and Laurel R. Singleton. Part 1, "Teaching Social Studies," offers: (1) "The Social Studies: the Civic Process" (Don Bragaw); (2) "Teaching in the Real World" (John P. Zola); and (3) "The Planning Process" (John P. Zola). Part 2, "The Social Sciences and History in School," includes: (1) "Studying and Teaching Psychology" (Michael Wertheimer; Tina Yeager; Virginia L. Jones); (2) "Studying and Teaching Sociology" (J. Ross Eshleman; John P. Zola); (3) "Studying and Teaching Political Science" (Stephen L. Schechter with Jonathan Weil); (4) "Studying and Teaching Economics" (Suzanne Wiggins Helburn; H. Michael Hartoonian); (5) "Studying and Teaching Anthropology" (Roger C. Owen; Jack Zevin); (6) "Studying and Teaching Geography" (A. David Hill); (7) "Studying and Teaching History" (James R. Giese); and (8) "Integrating the Curriculum" (James C. Schott). Part 3, "Planning for Instruction," contains: (1) "Teaching Strategies" (Laurel R. Singleton); (2) "Using Instructional Materials" (Laurel R. Singleton); and (3) "Classroom Assessment" (Laurel R. Singleton). An appendix includes listings of organizations with broad social studies interests, specialized organizations, and social science organizations. (EH)
Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools
This readable, accessible book offers prospective teachers a comprehensive introduction to teaching social studies to middle and secondary school students. With the purpose of social studies being the development of reflective, competent, concerned citizens, the book first examines the origins and evolution of social studies and citizenship education across the United States. Following this, targeted chapters address the art, science, and craft of social studies teaching as a means for engaging learners in knowledge construction. In the final section, the authors look at ways to improve social studies instruction through the incorporation of emerging technology into the social studies curriculum. For middle and secondary school social studies teachers.
The Essence of Teaching Social Studies
Designed for use in elementary and secondary social studies education courses, this book supports the teaching of social studies methods in a range of educational settings. By highlighting long-standing content and principles of social studies education in a concise and direct way, this volume offers the building blocks of a comprehensive course, for use as springboards to the effective presentation of professors' desired course emphases. With sections on foundations, subject areas, and best practices, this text explains the intersection between the "modelling" role of social studies teachers as democratic citizens, social studies fields of study, and strategies implemented in the classroom to encourage students' critical thinking and values formation.