EDUC547  - Elementary School Social Studies

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This course includes an exploration of the materials and techniques for effective teaching of the social studies, with an emphasis on the selection and organization of classroom methods and materials to accelerate the preadolescent and adolescent child’s understanding of their social and global environment. Topics covered include developing and using criteria to select appropriate social studies content, skills, and attitudinal objectives; teaching strategies; the inclusion of 21st Century tools in the classroom setting; and the evaluation procedures that facilitate the social learning of young children and adolescents. It also addresses the cultural, economic, political, and social development of students living in a multicultural and global environment. Current issues and topics in social studies education are also examined.

 

Prerequisites

N/A

Corequisites

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
09/26/11 - 02/26/12 03/05/12 - 06/24/12 Winter 2012 Session C - 16 Week session
10/31/11 - 03/25/12 04/02/12 - 07/22/12 Spring 2012 Session A - 16 Week session
11/28/11 - 04/29/12 05/07/12 - 08/26/12 Spring 2012 Session K - 16 Week session
02/27/12 - 07/29/12 08/06/12 - 11/25/12 Summer 2012 Session K - 16 Week session
03/26/12 - 08/26/12 09/03/12 - 12/23/12 Summer 2012 Session C - 16 Week session
04/30/12 - 09/23/12 10/01/12 - 01/20/13 Fall 2012 Session A - 16 Week session
05/28/12 - 10/28/12 11/05/12 - 02/24/13 Fall 2012 Session K - 16 Week session
06/25/12 - 11/25/12 12/03/12 - 03/24/13 Fall 2012 Session C - 16 Week session

Course Materials

Book Title: Social Studies Curriculum : Purposes, Problems, And Possibilities
ISBN: 0791469107
Publication Info: State University of NY Press
Author: Ross, E. Wayne
Unit Cost: $32.00

Book Title: Teaching Social Studies That Matters : Curriculum for Active Learning
ISBN: 0807745227
Publication Info: Teacher's College Press
Author: Thornton, Stephen
Unit Cost: $22.00

 

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