Teaching Social Studies that Matters: Curriculum for Active Learning

Teaching Social Studies that Matters: Curriculum for Active Learning
ISBN-10
0807745227
ISBN-13
9780807745229
Category
Education
Pages
146
Language
English
Published
2005
Publisher
Teachers College Press
Author
Stephen J. Thornton

Description

No plan to increase achievement and enact reform in the social studies classroom will succeed without recognizing the central importance of the teacher as the gatekeeperof instruction. In this book, Thornton details why teachers must develop strong skills in curriculum planning and teaching methods in order for effective instruction to occur. Thornton helps teachers to develop a vision of their practice that will build strong social studies programs and inspire students to learn. This book features replicable examples of the kinds of reflective practice that will enable teachers to animate classroom instruction and create a dynamic social studies curriculum and an analysis of how teachers adapt and shape state and district level curricula and classroom materials to fit the specific needs of their students, and a model of how to develop an instructional program with suggestions for lesson planning.

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