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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.
List of contents
Professor’s Preface; Students' Introduction; Part I: Social Studies Education; 1 Definitions & Propositions; 2 The Idea of a Social Studies Education; 3 Perspectives on Being a Teacher of Social Studies; 4 Ideology; 5 Wisdom & Knowledge; 6 Psychology of Learning; 7 Concept Formation, Examples, Analogies, & Graphic Organizers; 8 Critical Thinking & the NCSS C3 Framework; 9 Morality & Modernity; 10 Character Education & Philosophical Counseling ; Part II: Schools, Curriculum, & Standards; 11 Curriculum & Standards; 12 Social Studies Education & the NCSS; 13 Civics Education; 14 History Education; 15 Economics Education; 16 Geography Education; 17 Elementary Grades Social Studies & the Social Sciences; 18 Current Events & Controversial Issues; Part 3 Best Practices in Social Student Education; 19 Classroom Culture, Communication, & Management; 20 Textbooks & Planning Instruction; 21 Daily Lesson Plans; 22 Lecture; 23 Group Learning; 24 Discussions; 25 Questioning & Debriefings; 26 Modeling, Practice, & Homework; 27 Literacy & Reading; 28 Reading Social Studies & Vocabulary; 29 Writing ; 30 Six Activities-Based Strategies; 31 Accommodations, Differentiated Instruction, & Assessment; 32 Technology, Video, & Ancillaries
About the author
James A. Duplass is Professor of Social Studies Education at the University of South Florida.
Summary
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. This volume offers the building blocks of a comprehensive course, for use as springboards to the effective presentation of professors’ desired course emphases.
