1st Edition

Student Centered Classroom, The Vol 1: Social Studies and History

By Eli Johnson Copyright 2003
138 Pages
by Eye On Education

138 Pages
by Eye On Education

144 Pages
by Eye On Education

What does a student-centered social studies classroom really look like? Renowned educator Bil Johnson reveals how to teach social studies so that your students become engaged, active, and responsible learners. This book demonstrates how student-centered strategies can be applied in your classroom. It shows you how to: - make students' work the focus of what occurs in your classroom - prepare... Read more
-Meet the Author
-Acknowledgments
-Critical Learning and the Promise of Democracy by Henry A. Giroux
-Introduction
-Why Do We Do What We Do the Way We Do It?
-Basic Strategies Across the Disciplines
-Kids before Content: The Social Studies/History Curriculum Conundrum
-In the Face of Standards and Testing: Strategies and Methods
-Where Do We Go from Here?: Implementing the Student-Centered Secondary Classroom

Biography

Bil Johnson, a former public school social studies and English teacher, is currently Clinical Professor in Brown University’s Education Department. The author of the highly successful Performance Assessment Handbook series, he won the William McLaughlin Award for Teaching Excellence in the Social Sciences at Brown. Bil has been an active member of the Coalition of Essential Schools for over 15 years.