Teaching Social Studies in Middle and Secondary Schools
ISBN: 9780131591813 | 0131591819
Edition: 5thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 3/18/2008
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This comprehensive introduction to teaching social studies to middle and secondary school students includes many new ideas for teaching in our 21st century classrooms. Continuing the tradition of social studies innovator Peter Martorella and taking a constructivist approach, the authors address current issues such as diversity, technology, inclusion, and teacher certification. Martorella believed that the fundamental purpose of social studies should be the development of reflective, competent, and concerned citizens. The goal of the book is to ... MORE
| The State of Social Studies and Citizenship Education | |
| Alternative Perspectives on the Social Studies | |
| The Origins and Evolution of the Social Studies | |
| Alternative Definitions of the Social Studies | |
| The Contemporary Social Studies Teacher | |
| Contemporary Social Studies | |
| Citizenship Education as the Purpos... MORE | |
| Alternative Perspectives on a Curriculum for Effective Citizenship Education | |
| The Enduring Goal of the Social Studies Curriculum: Reflective, Competent, and Concerned Citizens | |
| Teaching and Learning Social Studies | |
| Engaging Students in Constructing Knowledge | |
| The Social Sciences as Sources of Subject Matter for the Social Studies | |
| Other Sources of Subject Matter for the Social Studies | |
| The School and Community as Sources of Social Data | |
| Identifying Professional Resources | |
| Developing Reflective, Competent, and Concerned Citizens | |
| Organizing and Planning for Teaching Social Studies | |
| Basic Issues in Planning Social Studies Instruction | |
| Social Studies Goals for Instruction | |
| Social Studies Objectives for Instruction | |
| Organizing Subject Matter into Units | |
| Organizing Subject Matter into Lessons | |
| Classrooms as Environments for Learning | |
| Creating and Managing the Classroom Environment | |
| Balancing Goals and Objectives in the Curriculum: Linking the Head, the Hand, and the Heart | |
| Guidelines for Social Studies Program Development | |
| Variety in Instructional Planning | |
| Engaging Students in Learning Through Small Groups, Questions, Role Playing, and Simulations | |
| Grouping Students for Learning | |
| Using Structured Questions to Aid Learning | |
| Engaging Students in Role Playing and Simulations | |
| Promoting Reflective Inquiry: Developing and Applying Concepts, Generalizations, and Hypotheses | |
| Learning and Teaching Concepts | |
| Learning and Teaching Facts and Generalizations | |
| The Reflective Citizen and Problem Solving | |
| Fostering Citizenship Competency | |
| The Nature of Citizenship Skills | |
| Social Skills | |
| Research and Analysis Skills | |
| Chronology Skills | |
| Spatial Skills | |
| Identifying and Using Reference Sources in Developing Skills | |
| Activities for I | |
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Cheryl Mason Bolick is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She currently teaches technology and social studies courses and conducts research in the field of technology and social studies teaching and learning.
