Elementary Social Studies: Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning - Couverture souple

Grant, S. G.; VanSledright, Bruce

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0618443606 ISBN 13 : 9780618443604

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin, 2005

Synopsis

This text frames and develops a coherent, practical, and engaging approach to teaching and learning elementary social studies. The authors combine the latest research on learning patterns, curriculum structure and presentation, and assessment with practical issues like classroom management, goal establishment, and creative lesson planning. Elementary Social Studies is organized according to four commonplaces of education--learners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environment--to help teachers create a powerful learning environment for their students. The Second Edition includes additional emphasis on issues of multiculturalism and diversity and teaching in the lower primary grades.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Organized around four commonplaces of education―learners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environment―Elementary Social Studies provides a rich and ambitious framework to help social studies teachers achieve powerful teaching and learning results. By blending the theoretical and the practical, the authors deeply probe the basic elements of quality instruction―planning, implementation, and assessment―always with the goal of creating and supporting students who are motivated, engaged, and thoughtful.

Book features and updates to the third edition include:

• New chapter on classroom assessment that outlines and compares existing assessment strategies, contextualizes them within the framework of state standards, and articulates a constructivist approach that moves away from traditional high-stakes testing towards more meaningful ways of evaluating student learning

• New chapter that highlights and explains key elements of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts, and shows how the incorporation of critical ELA instruction into the social studies curriculum can foster more ambitious teaching and learning

• Real-classroom narratives that introduce each chapter and provide in-depth access to teaching and learning contexts

• Practical curriculum and resource suggestions for the social studies classroom

• End-of-chapter summaries and annotated teaching resources

Biographie de l'auteur

S.G. Grant is Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Bruce VanSledright is Professor of History/Social Studies Education in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0618443606
• ISBN 13: 9780618443604
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible