Compassion's Echo: Experiential Learning about India

Autor/in	Sider, Kenneth
Titel	Compassion's Echo: Experiential Learning about India
Quelle	In: Social Studies and the Young Learner, 20 (2008) 4, S.26-29 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-0300
Schlagwörter	Class Activities; Indians; Altruism; Service Learning; Foreign Countries; Grade 3; Social Studies; Experiential Learning; Art Education; Values; Interdisciplinary Approach; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Inder; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Service-Learning; Ausland; School year 03; 3. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 03; Gemeinschaftskunde; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Wertbegriff; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	A real-life experience is a "moving force" that can be part of the elementary social studies curriculum. This article discusses an experiential learning about India and describes how the author integrates the arts and service learning in his third grade classroom. It also describes class activities that enhance social studies curriculum and engage students in real-life, meaningful experiences that connect them to living cultures, social issues, and enduring humanitarian values. As the author begins an interdisciplinary unit of study on India each year, he witnesses the dramatic transformation of his third graders from learners to activists. His work in the social studies relies on engagement with real people and hands-on experiences with Indian culture, thus providing authentic voices from India for his students to hear. In promoting the social studies, the author endeavors to provide his students with opportunities to listen, learn, and respond. (Contains 12 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10