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Academic Freedom in Social Studies Teaching: An Illinois Study
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Are They "American" Enough to Teach Social Studies? Korean American Teachers' Social Studies Teaching Experiences in American Public Schools
This study explores three Korean American social studies teachers' experiences of teaching social studies, focusing on their curricular and pedagogical perceptions and practices. Framed by sociocultural theory, this study aims to shed light on the heterogeneous stories and socially and culturally …
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SECONDARY HISTORY/SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS’ SELF-EFFICACY REGARDING GEOGRAPHY TEACHING
… teacher education programs and secondary history/social studies teachers’ self-efficacy regarding teaching geography, and other demographic factors that could be a possible influence on geography teachers’ self-efficacy. A quantitative research methodology was employed to measure geography teacher …
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Social Studies: The Lost Art of Being Social
The content area of social studies has in recent years been replaced within the educational curriculum across the country. This paper discusses how the slow removal of studying the socialization of mankind from the education system is directly linked to the decline in societal values, citizenship …
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Thinking critically about social studies : women’s perspectives
… indicates that women are under represented in social studies teaching in BC. Social studies is about how humans interact and have interacted in the social world. Yet, these interactions are defined largely by men and are about men. The experience of women as teachers of social studies is both …
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Controversy and counternarrative in the social studies
… qualitative study sought to explore reasons why social studies teachers chose to teach controversial issues and counternarratives in their classroom in an era where doing so is dangerous for teachers and their job security, and how they go about doing so in their classrooms. The theoretical …
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Teaching social justice: developmental considerations
… who want to integrate content that addresses social justice issues related to gender, race, or class must compete with other curricular challenges. Being informed of developmental opportunities and challenges with young people of different ages can allow teachers to be more efficient and …
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PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS ABOUT SOCIAL STUDIES GOALS AND CONTENT AREAS IN OMAN
The purpose of this study was to examine social studies teachers' perceptions about social studies goals and content areas that should constitute the social studies curricula of grades five to 10 in Oman. This national study involved a population of 538 social studies teachers in basic education …
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The effect of a constructivist social studies unit on student attitudes toward social studies
… was to examine the effect of a constructivist social studies unit on student attitudes towards social studies. It was hypothesized that students who experienced constructivist based social studies lessons would display a greater interest in social studies topics in the classroom than those who …
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Hands-On-History: An Alternative Approach to Teaching Social Studies In High School
… was to determine if a hands-on approach in teaching social studies might prove to be a viable alternative to traditional methodologies. Lecture and note taking along with question and answer are proving unsatisfactory in elementary and secondary classrooms throughout much of the United …
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A Microteaching Sequence for Teaching the Reflective Method to Undergraduates in Social Studies Education
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Investigating the influences of social studies methods courses on preservice teachers with a focus on issues of diversity and social justice: three case studies
Abstract Issues of diversity and social justice are critical for teacher education as the student population in the United States becomes increasingly diverse ethnically, racially, socially, and linguistically. It has been traditionally assumed that social studies, more than other curricular areas, …
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Use of Brain Function Concepts by Social Studies Teachers
… brain-function concepts had been applied to teaching techniques by Des Moines area secondary social studies teachers who responded to an opinionnaire. These were three primary questions: (1) How aware were respondent teachers of the selected concepts? (2) Did the respondent teachers believe …
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Standardization of Practice in a High School Social Studies Department: Three Case Studies
This study explored high school social studies teachers' perceptions of the degree of standardization of practice within their department. The three participants were members of a social studies department in a large, urban high school. One teacher was the department chair. The school …
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Factors That Affect the Teaching-Learning Process of Culturally Differentstudents in Sixth Grade Social Studies
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