Course Description
Geographic principles and the history of geography in the school curriculum; the literature of the field, including textbooks; the application of special techniques; and geographic evaluation.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Additional instructional project or research paper.
Athena Title
Teaching Geography
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ESOC 5010E or ESOC 7010E
Prerequisite
Students must be enrolled in a professional program
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- Students will expand and demonstrate knowledge of content and modes of inquiry that are essential to the study of geography.
- Students will engage with ideas and information about human and spatial geography needed to teach in social studies classrooms.
- Students will practice using geographic skills to prepare lessons for teaching geography in social studies classrooms.
- Students will interpret and create a geography curriculum that reflects state, local, and national content standards.
- Students will develop knowledge of instructional materials and methods that reflect creative use of geographic knowledge and skill for teaching geography in elementary, middle, and high school settings.
- Students will use knowledge of social, linguistic, and cultural diversity to create an equitable and culturally responsive classroom.
- Students will develop an understanding of and learn to design types of assessments based on knowledge of their characteristics, uses, and limitations to promote student growth and match instructional goals.
- Students will articulate clear and defensible rationales for curricular and instructional decision-making.
- Students will learn to vary their instructional roles (i.e., instructor, facilitator, audience), instructional strategies, and materials to support active student engagement in worthwhile learning for all students.
- Students will engage in collaborative inquiry around major issues related to teaching geography.
Topical Outline
- Background Content Knowledge about Geography
- Basic Skills in Teaching Geography
- Current Status of Geography in Social Studies Pedagogies
- Creative Instruction in Teaching Geography
- Development of Materials for Teaching Geography Creatively
