Meaningful Social Studies for Elementary Students

Autor/inn/en	Brophy, Jere; Alleman, Janet
Titel	Meaningful Social Studies for Elementary Students
Quelle	In: Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 15 (2009) 3, S.357-376 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1354-0602
Schlagwörter	Social Studies; Teaching Methods; Relevance (Education); Elementary School Students; Educational Change; Cultural Pluralism; Elementary School Teachers; Culturally Relevant Education; Textbooks; Readiness; Educational Quality; Curriculum Development; Units of Study + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Relevance; Relevanz; Bildungsreform; Kulturpluralismus; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Lerneinheit
Abstract	This article begins with an overview of elementary social studies, considering its purposes and goals, historical and contemporary controversies about learner readiness and curriculum content, and commonly reported problems with textbooks and time pressures. It then considers proposed reforms, first considering approaches recommended by others and then focusing on the approach recommended by the authors. This approach features units on cultural universals, organized around powerful ideas developed with emphasis on their connections and applications. Common features of the units are described and then illustrated as they play out in a unit on government. The final section describes how an exemplary elementary teacher implements these units in her classroom in ways that personalize them to her students' home backgrounds, uses a narrative style for establishing a common content base, and in other ways addresses the challenges of teaching content-rich subjects to young learners with limited background knowledge and literacy skills. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10