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Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xvii, 101 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Randi Stone transports readers into the lively classrooms of award-winning teachers in this collection of outstanding methods for teaching social studies to diverse elementary, middle, and high school learners. Like its companion volumes for teaching writing, mathematics, and science, Best Practices for Teaching Social Studies presents firsthand accounts from educators offering fresh ideas and inquiry-based techniques to build student confidence,...
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
ix, 213 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The history of social studies is a story of dramatic turf wars among competing political camps. In this volume, Ronald Evans describes and interprets this history and the continuing battles over the purposes, content, methods, and theoretical foundations of the social studies curriculum. --from publisher description.
Publisher
Springer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xxxi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this volume teacher educators explicitly and implicitly share their visions for the purposes, experiences, and commitments necessary for social studies teacher preparation in the twenty-first century. It is divided into six sections where authors reconsider: 1) purposes, 2) course curricula, 3) collaboration with on-campus partners, 4) field experiences, 5) community connections, and 6) research and the political nature of social studies teacher...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
x, 153 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Can social studies classrooms be effective "makers" of citizens if much of what occurs in these classrooms does little to prepare young people to participate in the civic and political life of our democracy? Making Citizens illustrates how social studies can recapture its civic purpose through an approach that incorporates meaningful civic learning into middle and high school classrooms. The book explains why social studies teachers, particularly...