Bringing the C3 Framework to Life

Autor/inn/en	Grant, S. G.; Swan, Kathy; Lee, John
Titel	Bringing the C3 Framework to Life
Quelle	In: Social Education, 79 (2015) 6, S.310-315 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Social Studies; College Readiness; Career Readiness; Citizenship Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Curriculum; Faculty Development; Inquiry; Design; State Standards; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan
Abstract	This article describes in detail, the New York State (NYS) Social Studies Toolkit, a curriculum and instructional resource that builds out from the recently released New York State K-12 Social Studies Framework, which reflects the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards. The Toolkit has been developed by the lead authors of that Framework and nearly 60 New York State teachers. It features an ambitious new approach to constructing social studies curriculum inquiries. The Toolkit features 84 curriculum units or inquiries--six for each of the grades from K through 11, and twelve in grade 12 (six for Economics and six for Participation in Government). Most of these inquiries can be adapted for use at a different grade level from their specified grade. Based on the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), each inquiry is represented on a blueprint that begins with a compelling question and moves through the elements necessary to support students as they address that question in a thoughtful and informed fashion. The Toolkit project consists of three parts. The first, the Conceptual Foundations, describes the principles that inform the Inquiry Design Model. The second part of the Toolkit, Grade-Level Inquiries, is a set of K-12 curriculum inquiries, 84 in total, that are built around the IDM. The third part of the Toolkit, Professional Learning Resources, houses a set of professional development resources intended for workshops and turnkey presentations. This article focuses on the conceptual foundations that underlie the Toolkit project. Finding the sweet spot between too much direction and too little in a set of curriculum materials is no easy task. The IDM strikes a balance--posting the key components that any instructional plan is likely to have, but leaving many important instructional decisions in the hands of the teachers, who will tailor the inquiries to their classroom situations. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01