Digging Postholes Adds Depth and Authenticity to a Shallow Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	Virtue, David C.; Buchanan, Anne; Vogler, Kenneth E.
Titel	Digging Postholes Adds Depth and Authenticity to a Shallow Curriculum
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 103 (2012) 6, S.247-251 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
DOI	10.1080/00377996.2011.630699
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Curriculum Enrichment; Curriculum Evaluation; Instructional Innovation; Social Studies; Transformative Learning; Inquiry; Research Projects; Student Research; Questioning Techniques; Student Interests; Teaching Methods; Instructional Design; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Curriculum revision; Curriculumreform; Reform; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Educational Innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Gemeinschaftskunde; Pädagogische Transformation; Forschungsvorhaben; Studentenforschung; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Studieninteresse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	In the current era of high-stakes testing and accountability, many social studies teachers struggle to find creative ways to add depth and authenticity to a broad, shallow curriculum. Teachers can use the time after tests are administered for students to reflect back on the social studies curriculum and select topics they want to study more deeply by digging "postholes," or inquiries into questions, persons, processes, or events of their choosing. This article describes one teacher's efforts to implement an inquiry project in which she conferred with her students individually to formulate research questions and a research strategy and gave them opportunities to publicly and authentically share their work. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10