Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers - Couverture souple

Fritzer, Penelope; Brewer, Ernest

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0137011253 ISBN 13 : 9780137011254

Editeur : Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

Are you feeling a little rusty with your social studies content knowledge? This brief primer, Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, Second Edition, is just what you need. It provides a helpful overview of both U.S. and world history, in addition to basic knowledge in geography, economics, and civics.

The wide history coverage will allow you to see historical events in overall context, provides an overview for planning, and will help you answer student questions confidently. Geography, economics, and civics concepts are clearly explained, so the book will be helpful when used in writing lesson plans. Check out the resources lists that include relevant Websites, student literature, . major subject area organizations, museums, and U.S. government sites. Finally, an extensive index allows you to look up subjects and answers at a glance.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Allan C. Ornstein is a professor of education at St. John's University. He is a former FulbrightHayes Scholar and has been a consultant for more than 60 different government and education agencies, including the American Federation of Teachers, the National Association of Secondary School Principals, and the Educational Testing Service. Dr. Ornstein has published more than 400 articles and 60 books. His latest books are Wealth vs. Work: How 1% Victimize 99% (Author House, 2012) and Excellence vs. Equality: Can Society Achieve Both Goals? (Paradigm Publishers, 2015). See his website: allanornsteinbooks.com.

Francis P. Hunkins was a professor of education specializing in general curriculum, curriculum development, curriculum issues, and curriculum theory in the College of Education at the University of Washington for 35 years. Since retiring, Dr. Hunkins has remained active in writing educational textbooks. As a past president, he also remains active in the Association for Teaching and Curriculum. During his tenure at the University of Washington, Dr. Hunkins served as chairperson of the area of curriculum and instruction (1995–2000). He also consulted widely with school systems around the country. He twice was a visiting scholar at Monash University in Australia and was also a visiting scholar at the Hong Kong Institute of Education in 1999. Over his career, he has written 21 educational textbooks and numerous articles for educational journals. He makes his home with his wife, Dr. Patricia A. Hammill, in the Seattle area.

Norman Eng is an adjunct assistant professor at the City University of New York, Brooklyn College and City College of New York. His work focuses on twentyfirst century education reform and inequality. He recently coedited a special issue symposium on Amazon.com and other websites, “Twentyfirst Century Excellence in Education” (Society, 2015), which included contributions from scholars such as Nel Noddings, Carol Ann Tomlinson, Yong Zhao, and James Comer. Dr. Eng maintains an education blog called The Educated Society.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

This essential overview gives teachers all the content knowledge they need to teach social studies.

 

A great supplement for students who need to prepare for teacher certification content exams, this concise yet comprehensive reference book provides all of the necessary elementary school content information on history, geography, economics, and government.  It is a must-have for all pre-service and in-service elementary and middle school teachers who may not be experts in the field of social studies.  The history chapter is arranged chronologically within regions of the world and covers early humans through the twenty-first century.  The book ends with substantial resource lists for teachers and students, as well as a thorough index.

 

Noteworthy features of the book include:

• Provides valuable resources for planning content lessons
• Updates the Internet resources for each content area for easily researched and accurate information
• Gives teachers at-a-glance social studies information in the user-friendly and complete index
• “ Educational Resources” for each content area, located at the end of each chapter, provide pedagogical grounding for the content covered in the chapter.
• “ Student Resources” at the end of each content chapter offer suggestions for further research.

 

Penelope Fritzer is a former public school teacher who is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Davie Campus of Florida Atlantic University.  She earned her B. A. in History at Connecticut College, a B. A. in Education and an M. A. in English at Florida Atlantic University, and her Ph. D. in English from the University of Miami.  She is the author of numerous articles on education and several books, including Math Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers and Science Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, both from Allyn & Bacon.

 

Ernest Andrew Brewer is a former public school teacher who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Jupiter Campus of Florida Atlantic University. He earned his B. A. in Elementary Education and his M. Ed. in Elementary Education from the University of Florida, and his Ed. D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Central Florida.  His research interests include social studies in the elementary school, civic education, classroom management, character education, bullying, and social studies integration. He is the author of numerous articles on education.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0137011253
• ISBN 13: 9780137011254
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Pearson Benelux BV; productsafety@pearson.com; ; Kabelweg 37; Amsterdam; 1014 BA; Pays-Bas