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Showing 1 to 20 of 34 for “"Secondary Social Studies"”.
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Five Computer Programs Developed for Secondary Social Studies
… consists of five computer programs developed for secondary social studies classes. Two tutorials and three games make up the programs.</p> <p>The tutorials present how the President is elected, with a computer title of "Election," and how a bill becomes a law, with a computer title of "Make-Law." …
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Common Ground: Uniting Archaeology and Secondary Social Studies Curricula
… archaeologically based activities in a secondary social studies classroom. Analysis of student responses indicates that supplementing with archaeology had no adverse effects to student exam scores on overall WWII history. In addition many students felt more connected to former Amache …
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Racial Optics and its Influence on Teacher Curricular Decision-Making in Secondary Social Studies
Social studies teachers represent various political, racial, and ideological perspectives. It remains unclear how social studies teachers choose curricula and balance the racial representation they present and the implications for students' racial lenses and understanding of race in the past and …
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Nuclear Armament/Disarmament as a Topic in Decision-Making Models in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms
… a topic for the moral decision-making model in secondary social studies curriculums and to establish guidelines for its inclusion in future lessons. A review of the relevant literature provided the basis for a questionnaire mailed to four hundred, randomly selected social studies department …
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A Comparison of a Literature Based Approach with a Textbook Based Approach in Secondary Social Studies
… textbook based approach in the content area of social studies. The study was performed at the secondary level, with eleventh grade students, in a four week unit on the Civil War and period of Reconstruction in United States history. A treatment and control group were used in a pretest – posttest …
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Examining Teachers’ Perspectives on the Utilization of Counter-Hegemonic Texts in Their Secondary Social Studies Classrooms
Critical pedagogy and social justice call for teachers to use their dialectical authority actively to promote democratic classrooms where students have the freedom to create their own knowledge (Kincheloe, 2008). As opposed to viewing students as receptacles for accumulating knowledge, critical …
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Selected Library Periodicals of the Northwest States for Use in Secondary Social Studies: An Annotated Bibliography
… Northwest States which could be used in teaching secondary social studies. Complete bibliographic information and descriptive annotations were included for each periodical. Suggested usage of these periodicals for a unit in Washington State history was included as an example.</p>
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How "global" are global history teachers? Secondary social studies teachers' understandings of global awareness and global education
… history has been a part of the discipline of social studies in New York State for a number of years, the inclusion of global education and skills has been less prevalent in the discipline. This lack of global perspectives in education has proven to be detrimental to the global awareness of …
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Attitudes of Secondary Social Studies and English Teachers Toward the Classroom Examination and Treatment of Controversial Issues
Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 72106 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs
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Teaching About Disability and Special Education in a Secondary Social Studies Teacher Education Program: A Self-Study
The civic mission of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) affirms the need for teachers to meet the unique and diverse learning needs of students with disabilities. However, scholarly work within social studies is limited regarding effective teaching practices for students with …
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The Development of GIS Instructional Model to Facilitate Authentic Intellectual Work in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms in Kuwait
… Information System (GIS) technology in social studies classroom practices has helped accelerate the achievement of educational goals. However, despite the value that GIS possesses for supporting student learning skills, few schools have adopted it so far. A reason for this deficiency …
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All for one and one for all: building communities of practice during a secondary social studies student teaching experience
… dominate most clinical experiences. Research studies continually identify concerns with these traditional placements, including but not limited to student teachers’ feelings of isolation, weak professional relationships among participants, and limited exposure to multiple pedagogies. Some …
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Pedagogy for Latino/a Newcomer Students: A Study of Four Secondary Social Studies Teachers in New York City Urban Newcomer Schools
… newcomer schools conceptualized and implemented social studies education for newcomer Latino/a youth. I designed this multi-site, collective case study to examine the perspectives and decision making of four social studies teachers' enacted pedagogy for Latino/a newcomer students. I documented …
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An Investigation into the Experiences of Secondary Social Studies Teachers Regarding a Change in State-Level Social Studies Standards in a Colorado School District
<p>The researcher investigated the perceptions of secondary social studies teachers regarding the change in state - level social studies standards, especially in terms of their response in instructional practice. Furthermore, the study included a discussion of the factors that influence the actions …
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Civic Education and Citizenship Education: A Qualitative Study of Secondary Social Studies Teachers' Understandings of the Concepts and Practices of Citizenship Education for Immigrant Students
… mono and multicultural democratic nations, and social studies is typically and optimally the premier discipline that primes students for engaged citizenry. Anti-immigrant sentiments towards fourth wave immigrants and the nearly absent research on and training for teachers in citizenship …
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A study to assess the status of the teaching of contemporary issues in secondary social studies classrooms in selected school divisions in the state of Virginia
… status of the teaching of contemporary issues in secondary social studies classrooms in four southwest Virginia school divisions. One hundred and sixteen secondary teachers in these school divisions were surveyed concerning their attitudes toward contemporary issues and the instruction of these …
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A critical analysis of the curricular landscape of secondary Social Studies across the Deep South since the rise of standardization and accountability with No Child Left Behind
Social Studies as both a field and subject in K-12 education is nebulous and is constantly changing. Since each state is responsible for their own education system, the result is that how Social Studies (and specifically history) is taught in each state differs. History education has proven to be a …
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