
Elementary Social Studies
Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
Routledge (Publisher)
5th Edition
Published on 20. January 2025
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-032-76573-0 (ISBN)
Description
The fully updated fifth edition of Elementary Social Studies provides a rich and ambitious framework to help social studies teachers achieve powerful teaching and learning results. Organized around four commonplaces of education-learners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environment-and deeply rooted in inquiry-based teaching and learning, this book deeply probes the basic elements of quality instruction-planning, implementation, and assessment-always with the goal of creating and supporting students who are motivated, engaged, and thoughtful.
Book features and updates to the fifth edition include:
* New guidance on tackling controversial issues in the social studies classroom.
* Fully revised chapter on creating a genuine learning community, which now addresses socio-emotional learning and family involvement in the classroom.
* New perspectives on the importance of teaching for social justice.
* Increased attention to the C3 Framework for state social studies standards.
* Chapters on using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) to understand inquiry-based teaching and learning and to develop IDM inquiries.
* Real-classroom narratives that introduce chapters and provide in-depth access to teaching and learning contexts.
* Practical curriculum and resource suggestions for the social studies classroom.
* End-of-chapter summaries and annotated teaching resources.
By blending the theoretical and the practical, this book is essential reading for pre-service and in-service social studies teachers.
Book features and updates to the fifth edition include:
* New guidance on tackling controversial issues in the social studies classroom.
* Fully revised chapter on creating a genuine learning community, which now addresses socio-emotional learning and family involvement in the classroom.
* New perspectives on the importance of teaching for social justice.
* Increased attention to the C3 Framework for state social studies standards.
* Chapters on using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) to understand inquiry-based teaching and learning and to develop IDM inquiries.
* Real-classroom narratives that introduce chapters and provide in-depth access to teaching and learning contexts.
* Practical curriculum and resource suggestions for the social studies classroom.
* End-of-chapter summaries and annotated teaching resources.
By blending the theoretical and the practical, this book is essential reading for pre-service and in-service social studies teachers.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, Professional Training, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core
Illustrations
44 s/w Abbildungen, 18 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 26 s/w Zeichnungen, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 26 Line drawings, black and white; 18 Halftones, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
876 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-76573-0 (9781032765730)
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S.G. Grant | Bruce A. VanSledright | Anne-Lise Halvorsen
Elementary Social Studies
Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
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5th Edition
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Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
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5th Edition
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S.G. Grant | Bruce A. VanSledright | Anne-Lise Halvorsen
Elementary Social Studies
Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
E-Book
01/2025
5th Edition
Routledge
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S.G. Grant | Bruce A. VanSledright
Elementary Social Studies
Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
Book
09/2020
4th Edition
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Persons
S.G. Grant is Professor Emeritus of Social Studies Education in the Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership at Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA.
Bruce A. VanSledright is Professor Emeritus of History/Social Studies Education in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA.
Anne-Lise Halvorsen is Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, USA.
Bruce A. VanSledright is Professor Emeritus of History/Social Studies Education in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA.
Anne-Lise Halvorsen is Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, USA.
Author
Binghamton University, State University of New York, USA
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Content
Part 1: The Commonplaces of Education: A Framework for Powerful Social Studies Teaching
1. Creating a Framework for the Social Studies Classroom
2. Learners and Learning: Understanding What Students Know and How They Come to Know It
3. Subject Matter: A Threads Approach
4. Teachers and Teaching: Working with Ideas and Questions
5. Teachers and Teaching: Choosing Strategies, Curriculum Materials, and Influences on Teaching
6. Teachers and Teaching: Assessment
7. The Classroom Environment: Creating a Genuine Community
8. Social Studies and Literacy
Part 2: Putting the Commonplaces into Action
9. Purposes, Goals, and Objectives for Teaching and Learning
10. The Inquiry Design Model
11. Constructing Curriculum Inquiries
12. Becoming a Reflective Social Studies Teacher
Glossary
Appendix: Content Resources from Children's Literature
1. Creating a Framework for the Social Studies Classroom
2. Learners and Learning: Understanding What Students Know and How They Come to Know It
3. Subject Matter: A Threads Approach
4. Teachers and Teaching: Working with Ideas and Questions
5. Teachers and Teaching: Choosing Strategies, Curriculum Materials, and Influences on Teaching
6. Teachers and Teaching: Assessment
7. The Classroom Environment: Creating a Genuine Community
8. Social Studies and Literacy
Part 2: Putting the Commonplaces into Action
9. Purposes, Goals, and Objectives for Teaching and Learning
10. The Inquiry Design Model
11. Constructing Curriculum Inquiries
12. Becoming a Reflective Social Studies Teacher
Glossary
Appendix: Content Resources from Children's Literature