Course Description
Observation and field experiences in social studies education.
Athena Title
Initial Fld Exp in Soc Stu Ed
Prerequisite
Permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Examine how social studies has been taught traditionally and develop an understanding of why the status quo persists. Develop an understanding of the place of schools within communities and the communities that exist within schools. Develop an understanding of the social injustices that persist in U.S. schooling. Develop a critical inquiry stance toward social studies teaching and learning in classrooms. Examine powerful methods for teaching and learning social studies and the purposes associated with those pedagogies. Experience powerful methods for teaching and learning social studies as students in our university classroom. Develop the ability to articulate the experience of being students engaged in these methods. Develop an appreciation for the complexity and challenges of implementing powerful social studies teaching and learning. Develop the ability to articulate the pedagogical decisions that these methods involve for teachers.
Topical Outline
I. School and Community Contexts II. Students and Adolescent Life III. Purposes and Possibilities of Social Studies Teaching and Learning IV. Persistent Challenges in Teaching Social Studies in Middle and High Schools
Syllabus
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