"Pinning" with Pause: Supporting Teachers' Critical Consumption on Sites of Curriculum Sharing

Autor/inn/en	Gallagher, Jennifer L.; Swalwell, Katy M.; Bellows, M. Elizabeth
Titel	"Pinning" with Pause: Supporting Teachers' Critical Consumption on Sites of Curriculum Sharing
Quelle	In: Social Education, 83 (2019) 4, S.217-224 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Shared Resources and Services; Social Studies; Web Sites; Critical Literacy; Elementary School Curriculum; Social Justice; Social Media; Inclusion; Equal Education; Check Lists; Curriculum Evaluation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinwirtschaft; Gemeinschaftskunde; Web-Design; Kritisches Lesen; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Soziale Medien; Inklusion; Checkliste; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung
Abstract	Millions of teachers regularly turn to Internet sharing sites such as Pinterest and Teachers Pay Teachers for curriculum resources and ideas. While this innovative technology poses a number of advantages for teachers who are almost never given an appropriate amount of time to engage in curriculum planning, and who can supplement their frustratingly low salaries by selling their ideas, it also presents serious disadvantages. In this article, the authors argue that seeking out curricular resources through these sites without critical literacy habits can deter the kind of active and critical reflection that is vital to meaningfully planned lessons. If teachers care about engaging students in curriculum and pedagogy that is multicultural and justice-oriented, then they must adopt a filter to help assess what resources, activities, and ideas they bring into the classroom from sharing sites. What the authors call "pinning with pause" is especially important as it relates to elementary social studies. Elementary classrooms are often the first places where children begin to construct concepts about the social world--a process they are engaged in throughout the school day whether or not their teacher is explicit about it. If teachers are not careful, they can inadvertently send problematic and mixed messages about the social world through curriculum from all different disciplines. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01