Sentences with phrase «council for the social studies»

Schumer says the house bill would cut spending through the National Council for the Social Studies by 42 percent, which he says would cripple the program.

Gloria Sesso, co-president of the Long Island Council for the Social Studies, said she particularly liked the use of a new type of question known as a «stimulated response.»

Also at 10 a.m., Regent Roger Tilles will visit the classroom of fifth grade teacher Kate Hunter, National Council for the Social Studies Outstanding Elementary Social Studies Teacher of the Year, during his visit to the Three Village Central School District.

She currently serves on the Executive Board of the AERA Social Studies Research SIG as newsletter editor, on the Editorial Board of Theory and Research in Social Education, on the Executive Board of the College and University Faculty Assembly — National Council for the Social Studies, and on the Board of the Michigan Council for History Education.

Not only is the game great fun and easy to integrate into the curriculum, it also reinforces standards set by the National Council on Economic Education (NCEE), the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS), the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), and the International Society for Technology Education (ISTE).

The National Council for the Social Studies has named the first five teachers to win «advanced certification» through its newly created national teacher recognition program.

National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)?

«This might not be a tool in the traditional sense of the word,» Michael Hutchinson, a social studies department head in Vincennes, Indiana, noted, but as a social studies educator, I find the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Network Ning to be invaluable.

Lawrence Paska, executive director of the National Council for the Social Studies, mentions films such as Glory and JFK.

In the pages of Social Education (the premier journal of the National Council for the Social Studies) and in rapidly assembled curriculum supplements, a clear effort was made to temper any hint of patriotic excess in the classroom and to stress instead the need for therapeutic healing.

Rodriguez» curriculum work has also been published in National Council for Social Studies: Middle Level Learning and the Organization of American Historians.

In 2013, it was awarded the Michael Harrington Award from the American Political Science Association, the Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, and a Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association.

The series was awarded the James A. Michener Award in Writing from the National Council for the Social Studies.

«Here's the story on historical fiction in my classroom: It illuminates time periods, helps me integrate the curriculum, and enriches social studies,» says Tarry Lindquist, a fifth - grade teacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of the Year.

Professional organizations, such as the National Council of Teachers of English, the International Literacy Association, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Science Teachers Association, and the National Council for the Social Studies, offer a variety of resources to foster the current and future development of educational practice.

People who study education for a living understand what's going on — this is straight out of the standards promulgated by the National Council for the Social Studies, a professional organization that has long prized such «conceptual understanding» over «rote facts and figures.»

Associate Professor Meira Levinson and Adjunct Lecturer and Project Zero Senior Project Manager Liz Dawes Duraisingh, Ed.D.» 13, are to be honored by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) at its upcoming conference Nov. 22 — 24 in St. Louis.

Each winner receives a commemorative gift and conducts a presentation session at the National Council for Social Studies conference.

3 - 5 Social studies: «Planning the Social Studies Curriculum,» workshop, sponsored by the National Council for the Social Studies, for social - studies educators, to be held at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs.

Aaron Shepard's Home Page Aaron Shepard's book The Sea King's Daughter: A Russian Legend has been named a 1998 Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies (National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council) and a Best Illustrated Book of 1997 (The New York Times).

Making Social Studies Work for At - Risk Kids Joann Winkler, the 2004 National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) elementary school teacher of the year, has her at - risk kids running businesses, collecting for the needy, and giving national park «tours.»

(The standards of the National Council for Social Studies do not introduce world history concepts until grade 5.)

Education leaders gather at the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) conference for hands - on learning and networking.

The revised standards, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: A Framework for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, were developed by a Task Force of the National Council for the Social Studies, and approved by the NCSS Board of Directors in March 2010.

National Council for the Social Studies first published national curriculum standards in 1994.

Founded in 1921, National Council for the Social Studies is the largest professional association in the country devoted solely to social studies education.

In the past two years, the book has won the Michael Harrington Award from the American Political Science Association, the Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award from the National Council for the Social Studies, a Critics Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association, and the North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award.

[a] Both the journal and the respective disciplinary guidelines were sponsored by the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education and co-sponsored by the Association for Science Teacher Education, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Conference on English Education and the National Council for the Social Studies College and University Faculty Assembly.

Within our field we have also seen the emergence of national and state standards (including most recently the C3 Framework sponsored by the National Council for the Social Studies, 2013) and the rise of accountability discourse and high stakes testing.

(See the National Council for the Social Studies» Ten Themes, 1994) It is important for social studies teachers to realize that preparing students to take on the role of citizenship is an ongoing process.

When used within an instructional strategy, the Internet supports National Council for the Social Studies» curriculum standards (Johnson & Rector, 1997).

In fall 2009, therefore, we decided to have our social studies methods students conduct their online reflective discussions not on a closed discussion board, as had been our previous custom, but on the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) Network Ning (http://ncssnetwork.ning.com)-- an online social network for social studies teachers.

National Council for Social Studies.

The Common Core English Language Arts standards (as well as the College, Career, and Civic Life, or C3, Framework for Social Studies States Standards, National Council for the Social Studies, 2013) include an overwhelming emphasis on student skill development and the use of digital technologies to meet these new standards.

The College and University Faculty Assembly of the National Council for the Social Studies marked its anniversary with a symposium reflecting on the article and its aftermath.

Whether for personal growth, new insights, or a different perspective on teaching, the award - winning publications offered by National Council for the Social Studies will help you explore the diversity of subjects and methods in your field.

National Council for the Social Studies.

Both teachers described their instructional approach as being student centered, emphasizing classroom community and student interaction, which are hallmarks of the powerful social studies teaching championed by the National Council for the Social Studies (2008).

Media literacy: A position statement of the National Council for the Social Studies.

National Council for the Social Studies: NCSS engages and supports educators in strengthening and advocating social studies education.

Washington, DC: National Council for Social Studies.

In 2013, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), published the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards also known as the C3 Framework.

They also are out of sync with the shift toward teaching reasoning skills over memorization emphasized in the Common Core social studies standards and the C3 Framework, a document published by the National Council for the Social Studies that provides guidance for state standards in history and civics.

Pegan was an instructor for and Moore was attending this year's conference of the California Council for Social Studies in Oakland, where sessions like Pegan's «CRITICAL History: Making History Relevant in a Common Core World» were prominent in the three - day program.

National Council for the Social Studies Social Studies: Preparing Students for College, Career and Citizenship.

We support the National Council for the Social Studies when they state the following.

The C3 Framework by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) has changed the dynamics of social studies instruction.

According to the National Council for the Social Studies (2008), what ties these disciplines together into one domain is their focus on civic competence — on preparing students to be able to use knowledge of one's community and society to interpret data, solve problems, and make decisions in ways that support the goals of democracy.

This document was followed by the founding of the National Council for the Social Studies in 1921 and involvement in practitioner journals such as History Teacher's Magazine (founded in 1909 and renamed The Social Studies in 1934).

Results of the 2002 summit included seven conclusions based on the deliberations of representatives from the Association for Science Teacher Education, the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), the National Council of Teachers of English, Conference on English Education, the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education and the International Society for Technology in Education.