Social studies teaching and learning are powerful when they are meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging and active. According to the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) in the U.S.A., these five principles have implications for what teachers should know and be able to do ...
With a wealth of lesson plans and practical guidance, this perennial best-seller provides instructional strategies for involving K-8 children in social studies content that emphasize concepts, inquiry, and moral development. If you think you know Ellis, think again! Widely admired for its warm voic...
to include aspects such as the effects of assessment or testing on the teaching and learning context and the social consequences of the use of assessment... K Sambell,S Brown,L Mcdowell - 《Studies in Educational Evaluation》 被引量: 148发表: 1997年 Contesting 'Language' as 'Heritage': Neg...
The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) has responded to this problem with suggestions for Powerful Social Studies Teaching and Learning (PSST&L) to ensure meaningful, active, value-based, challenging, and integrative learning experiences. Yet, unless teachers consciously and deliberately ...
This book presents a view of teaching and learning that emphasizes meaning and understanding over coverage and facts. Support is given for an integrated approach to teaching social studies and placing social studies at the center of the entire school curriculum is advocated. Chapter titles are: (1...
This paper describes and analyses an attempt at such learning and teaching from an experiential stance. A quite full description of two potent sessions is given: the dynamics of the process engendered by the method are explored and discussed as a way of illuminating the opportunities and hazards ...
MILES, G. (2002), `The experience of teaching and learning in social work. The teaching of young child observation: a historical overview', Journal of Social Work Practice, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 207-211.Miles, G. (2002) `The experience of teaching and learning in social work. The ...
The use of Information Communication and Technology in teaching learning has been emphasized a lot in the recent times as an effective instructional tool and it will only grow and develop further. Augmented Reality is one of the futuristic pedagogy that will offer great opportunities in the incorpor...
In Grade 4, students use a variety of methods to explore human society and social relationships in the Social Studies with the units including map reading, world culture, economics, and world history etc,. Mark Connolly,...
All the 39 teachers teaching Social Studies and Civic Education from the total population of 686 teachers from the 15 secondary schools in Port Harcourt Metropolis participated in the study. A structured questionnaire tagged;"Teachers Opinion on creativity skills in the classroom" was used to collect...