5th Edition

Elementary Social Studies Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning

362 Pages 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

362 Pages 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

362 Pages 44 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The fully updated fifth edition of Elementary Social Studies provides a rich and ambitious framework to help social studies teachers achieve powerful teaching and learning results. Organized around four commonplaces of education—learners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environment—and deeply rooted in inquiry-based teaching and learning, this book deeply... Read more
Part 1: The Commonplaces of Education: A Framework for Powerful Social Studies Teaching 1. Creating a Framework for the Social Studies Classroom 2. Learners and Learning: Understanding What Students Know and How They Come to Know It 3. Subject Matter: A Threads Approach 4. Teachers and Teaching: Working with Ideas and Questions 5. Teachers and Teaching: Choosing Strategies, Curriculum Materials, and Influences on Teaching 6. Teachers and Teaching: Assessment 7. The Classroom Environment: Creating a Genuine Community 8. Social Studies and Literacy Part 2: Putting the Commonplaces into Action 9. Purposes, Goals, and Objectives for Teaching and Learning 10. The Inquiry Design Model 11. Constructing Curriculum Inquiries 12. Becoming a Reflective Social Studies Teacher Glossary Appendix: Content Resources from Children’s Literature

Biography

S.G. Grant is Professor Emeritus of Social Studies Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership at Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA.

Bruce A. VanSledright is Professor Emeritus of History/Social Studies Education in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA.

Anne-Lise Halvorsen is Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, USA.