Scaffolding Social Studies for Global Awareness

Autor/in	Merryfield, Merry M.
Titel	Scaffolding Social Studies for Global Awareness
Quelle	In: Social Education, 72 (2008) 7, S.363-366 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Global Education; Prior Learning; Social Studies; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Cultural Awareness; Metacognition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Globales Lernen; Vorkenntnisse; Gemeinschaftskunde; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition
Abstract	In this article, the author shares some ways that social studies teachers in the United States have worked to scaffold knowledge, skills, and dispositions that over time create global awareness and worldmindedness--habits of the mind that foster knowledge, interest and engagement in global issues, local/global connections, and diverse cultures. She discusses three strategies teachers use to scaffold the development of global awareness and engagement: (1) reflection on one's own cultural assumptions and the frameworks in which other people make sense of the world; (2) learning from people and scholarship in other countries; and (3) making connections to engage as citizens of the world. These are synergistic as often activities and assessments bring them together or reinforce previous learning with more complex tasks. (Contains 12 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10