Course Description
Selection, utilization, and evaluation of teaching procedures in history and the social sciences to various ability levels of students.
Athena Title
Prob Teach Secondary Soc St
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in ESOC 7050E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will identify a variety of instructional approaches that can increase students' motivation to learn. Students will identify a variety of instructional approaches that can promote student achievement. Students will identify a variety of instructional approaches that can enhance the quality of the classroom environment. Students will learn to use a public/social issues discussion approach to teaching social studies.
Topical Outline
Analyzing instructional activities Motivation to learn Concept/knowledge mapping Learning for lecture and text Cooperative learning Objectives and feedback Hypotheses and testing Multicultural education, community, and citizenship Teaching social issues State requirements/end-of-course testing