Reinventing the High School Government Course: Rigor, Simulations, and Learning from Text

Autor/inn/en	Parker, Walter C.; Lo, Jane C.
Titel	Reinventing the High School Government Course: Rigor, Simulations, and Learning from Text
Quelle	In: Democracy & Education, 24 (2016) 1, Artikel 6 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-3545
Schlagwörter	High School Students; United States Government (Course); Course Content; Teaching Methods; Student Projects; Simulation; Instructional Design; Instructional Improvement; Educational Change; Elections; Constitutional Law; Presidents; Curriculum + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Kursprogramm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulprojekt; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsqualität; Bildungsreform; Election; Wahl; Staatsrecht; President; Präsident; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan
Abstract	The high school government course is arguably the main site of formal civic education in the country today. This article presents the curriculum that resulted from a multiyear study aimed at improving the course. The pedagogic model, called "Knowledge in Action," centers on a rigorous form of project-based learning where the projects are weeks-long simulations. The first section introduces the course and the study, the second describes the methodology and design principles, the third describes the political simulations that are the spine of the course, and the fourth examines implementation and design issues that emerged across the years. The latter are concerned with the centrality of simulations, the selection of core content and skills for deeper learning, and the ongoing struggle to help students learn from texts. Readers are invited to adopt or adapt any of the design elements to suit their needs. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01