We hope the representations contained in these articles will help others to reflect upon what makes for effective teaching in these situations, and for
teaching social studies in general.
«Just the facts, Ma'am»:
Teaching social studies in the era of standards and high - stakes testing.
Lori earned her MS in Interdisciplinary Studies from Buffalo State College, where she explored methods of
teaching social studies in an interdisciplinary and differentiated way.
Vicki: Today we're talking with International Educator Patrick Holt @holtspeak who's now
teaching Social Studies in Singapore, but has traveled the world.
Although mobile technology devices and social media enabled the active citizenry that took place in North African countries and the Middle East, it is important to investigate the potential of these tools for teaching, and specifically, for
teaching social studies in both a United States and a global context.
The course also sought to support these TCs in any challenges they encountered when
teaching social studies in a middle school or high school classroom.
After
teaching Social Studies in St. Paul Public Schools for three years, David co-founded El Colegio Charter School in Minneapolis and served as start - up coordinator, board member, advisor, special education teacher, lead teacher, and executive director during his 13 + years at the school.
The other, who remains «Anonymous,» reflects on many years of
teaching social studies in an elite private school in upstate New York.
After graduation, he plans to return to the classroom,
teaching social studies in an urban district secondary school, preferably, he says, in a warmer climate.
I teach social studies in Edmonton, Alberta in what we would consider a medium - sized school of slightly under a thousand students.
These two philosophies come to a head in a classroom like John Bierbaum's, who
teaches social studies in Normal, Ill. «I feel really strongly that as a teacher, I should be judged based on a standard,» Bierbaum said.
I'll never forget one teacher saying that she couldn't
teach social studies in Kindergarten because her students had no background knowledge.
They demonstrate a lack of confidence in the best way to utilize tools of this technology to
teach social studies in their preferred manner, the making approach, which is both interactive and student centered.
He went to Harvard, where he co-founded a summer camp for at - risk children, and then — after earning a teaching degree at Columbia University —
he taught social studies in Boston for three years.
Worrell
teaches social studies in a rural county.
This comment just in from Philip Jones, in response to the endlessly popular post, 21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020: «
I teach social studies in a middle class community in southern Indiana.
He taught social studies in Philadelphia as a Teach for America corps member and earned a Master's degree in Education at UPenn before returning to the Boston area to work at Phoenix Charter Academy, Chelsea.
Adam Arthur has
taught social studies in the Des Moines Public School District for 5 years and currently teaches Advanced Placement Government and Politics at Abraham Lincoln High School.
Prior to that, I served as the Principal of Avon High School, Assistant Principal at Irondequoit High School, and
taught Social Studies in Irondequoit and Geneseo.
Not exact matches
In population - based studies, we don't see social skills making any difference, and indeed in our adult samples teaching social skills has a very modest effec
In population - based
studies, we don't see
social skills making any difference, and indeed
in our adult samples teaching social skills has a very modest effec
in our adult samples
teaching social skills has a very modest effect.
The state has revoked the
teaching license of Christopher Fisher, 31, who was a
social studies instructor at Quantum High, a charter school
in Boynton...
Einstein and the
Study of «Psycho - Pathology» If there really is such a thing as
social mood that guides collective human experience, how come they don't
teach it
in -LSB-...]
The commentary for Luke 4:18
in the ESV
Study Bible notes, «Jesus» ministry included... forgiving sins and the ethical
teachings that promote
social justice.»
I'm looking to eventually
teach theology, but
in between my personal
studies, an obsessive reading habit, and spending far too much money on coffee, I started a blog called New Ways Forward as an outlet for some of my random thoughts and a way to interact with others who share a passion for theology, Biblical
studies, and
social justice.
She
teaches weekly Bible
study in her local church, and speaks widely on religion and sexuality, religious pluralism, churches &
social media,
social justice, mental health, and sexual and domestic violence.
(CNN)- A picture of a woman with facial hair wearing a turban posted to the
social media site Reddit has garnered a firestorm of Internet reaction and has
taught at least two Ohio college students lessons
in graciousness, humanities and religious
studies.
CNN: Photo of woman with facial hair leads to conversation, understanding A picture of a woman with facial hair wearing a turban posted to the
social media site Reddit has garnered a firestorm of Internet reaction and has
taught at least two Ohio college students lessons
in graciousness, humanities and religious
studies.
Almost a century and a half after Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria and his brilliant student Origen were self - consciously affirming, not that Christianity was like paideia, not that it could simply make use of received paideia, but that Christianity is paideia, given by God
in Jesus Christ, turning on a radical conversion possible only by the Holy Spirit's help, and
taught only indirectly by
study of divinely inspired Scriptures
in the
social context of the church understood to be
in some ways a school.
He was an engineer
in California when he entered the 1990 debate over the California state guidelines for the
teaching of Islamic history and religion
in social studies.
The findings of this
study of Americans suggest a pervasive
social outlook among the religious - minded that seems to be incompatible with and often opposite to the compassion
taught in the Sermon on the Mount.
Creation and the Bible can (and many Atheists think, should) be
taught in schools, not as science, but as literature,
social studies, or philosophy maybe.
Though such successive innovations
in theological
study as the
social gospel,
social ethics, religious education, psychological counseling and ecumenical relations may receive much publicity the schools seem to go on their accustomed way,
teaching what they have always
taught: Biblical and systematic theology, church history and preaching.
For the last fifteen years I have been engaged
in the
teaching of biblical
studies and of preaching with particular emphasis on
social hermeneutics.
The Rainforest Alliance curricula are unique
in that it
teaches language arts, math, science,
social studies and the arts while addressing the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English language arts and mathematics, and the Next Generation Science Standards.
The following principles guide and define our approach to learning and
teaching: • Every child is capable and competent • Children learn through play, investigation, inquiry and exploration • Children and adults learn and play
in reciprocal relationships with peers, family members, and teachers • Adults recognize the many ways
in which children approach learning and relationships, express themselves, and represent what they are coming to know • Process is valued, acknowledged, supported, nurtured and
studied • Documentation of learning processes acts as memory, assessment, and advocacy • The indoor and outdoor environments, and natural spaces, transform, inform, and provoke thinking and learning • School is a place grounded
in the pursuit of
social justice,
social responsibility, human dignity and respect for all THE CREFELD SCHOOL 8836 Crefeld Street Philadelphia, PA 19118 215-242-5545 www.crefeld.org 7th - 12th grade The Crefeld School is a small, independent, coeducational school, serving approximately 100 students
in grades 7 - 12.
Most of those years were with 7th graders, but at some point
in her
teaching she
taught every grade except 11th
in some capacity or another including German,
social studies, multi-cultural education, ELD, adolescent skills and character education.
I have worked with children nd adults of all ages starting at 5 months of age and have professionally tutored and
taught Math, Science,
Social Studies, English, Creative Writing, Reading and specialize
in working with kids with special needs, learning disabilities, or those who may just need a little extra patience.
At New Legacy, language arts and
social studies are combined into integrated theme - based humanities courses; math is
taught in a blended environment that enables teachers to effectively support and challenge a diverse group of learners; and science is
taught in six - week modules that focus on scientific inquiry and the scientific process.
The swim - lesson
study, for instance, which focused on a small sample of parents
teaching their kids to swim, found that «fathers tend to stand behind their children so the children face their
social environment, whereas mothers tend to position themselves
in front of their children, seeking to establish visual contact with the children.»
A child needs to be
taught many decoding strategies and needs support to use those strategies
in every subject area because reading is required
in language arts, writing, math,
social studies, science.
She has previously
taught on courses at the Refugee
Studies Centre and the Department of Geography at the University of Oxford, and has an ongoing affiliation as a Research and
Teaching Fellow at the College of Arts and
Social Sciences
in Eritrea.
STATE AWARD — Gianni Notaro,
Social Studies and history teacher at Westmoreland Central School, recently received the Empire State Excellence
in Teaching Award, the highest education honor
in the state.
I am just a person who believed what I was
taught in Social Studies years ago — that American democracy was different, valuable and worth saving.
A
study in the BMJ
in 2012 found that having a professional therapist
teach cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques to an entire class was no more effective than having the teacher give their usual personal
social and health education classes,
in terms of the effect on pupils» well - being.
In Iowa, extension program staff members work directly with agricultural retailers to teach them the latest in climate science, said Linda Prokopy, an associate professor of natural resource social science at Purdue University, who also studies farmers» views on climate chang
In Iowa, extension program staff members work directly with agricultural retailers to
teach them the latest
in climate science, said Linda Prokopy, an associate professor of natural resource social science at Purdue University, who also studies farmers» views on climate chang
in climate science, said Linda Prokopy, an associate professor of natural resource
social science at Purdue University, who also
studies farmers» views on climate change.
The
study, published
in The Journal of
Social Studies Research, shows iCivics is an effective tool for
teaching civics concepts to primary and middle school students.
In a study recently published in Teaching and Teacher Education, Chang - Kredl and her colleague Daniela Colannino (MA 16, Child Studies) examined popular representations of teachers on the social media platform Reddi
In a
study recently published
in Teaching and Teacher Education, Chang - Kredl and her colleague Daniela Colannino (MA 16, Child Studies) examined popular representations of teachers on the social media platform Reddi
in Teaching and Teacher Education, Chang - Kredl and her colleague Daniela Colannino (MA 16, Child
Studies) examined popular representations of teachers on the
social media platform Reddit.
«The fact that eyewitnesses have experienced the past themselves makes them so credible that the students who interact with them
in person find it hard to build up the distance needed for a critical approach to their accounts,» explains Christiane Bertram, who is first author of the
study and who meanwhile
teaches teaching didactics
in the
social sciences at the University of Konstanz.
So much has changed but many schools are stuck
in the past,» said Joel Breakstone, the director of SHEG, which has designed
social studies curriculum that
teaches students how to evaluate primary sources.
Sharon has a Ph.D.
in Buddhist
Studies from Harvard University and
teaches courses on Buddhism, gender, race, and
social engagement at Seattle University and was thrilled by the idea of further exploring the connection between mindfulness and the body through her teacher training.