Sentences with phrase «by social studies teachers»

For the 2015 - 16 school year, Schoology will be used primarily by social studies teachers in grades 7 - 12.

These studies, most examining only a small number of teachers and employing qualitative methods, paint a picture of the barriers and benefits of using digital primary sources by social studies teachers.

Onstott became involved with the issue as part of a school colloquium called «What's In Your Stomach» led by social studies teacher Jackson Potter.

Founded in 2000 by a social studies teacher in the Bronx, DonorsChoose.org is a nonprofit website where public school teachers describe specific educational projects for their students, and donors can choose the projects they want to support.

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Today, Flocabulary has a library of more than 550 educational hip - hop videos that explore a wide range of subjects, including math, science, social studies, language arts, and current events, which are used by teachers in 20,000 schools across the country.

In this edited volume, McClosky has included a vast number of case studies written by teachers of their experiences using drama, simulation techniques, filmmaking, literature related to social values and ethnic issues, and so forth.

A former NCAA athlete and high school social studies teacher, Jim currently advises the Positive Coaching Alliance, working to transform youth sports by helping to create a more positive and character - building experience for young athletes.

In partnership with the CPS Office of Social Science & Civic Engagement, the EPIC Challenge is designed to be implemented by science or social studies teachers as a classroom - integrated service learning prSocial Science & Civic Engagement, the EPIC Challenge is designed to be implemented by science or social studies teachers as a classroom - integrated service learning prsocial studies teachers as a classroom - integrated service learning project.

The legislation, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in August, received support from the Police Athletic League, civics education group Generation Citizen and the Association of Teachers of Social Studies.

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.

But there is room for improvement on its standards, which have not been rated by the American Federation of Teachers as clear, specific, and grounded in content for English above the elementary level or for social studies at any grade span.

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).

In 1955, Percival Symonds, professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he taught mental hygiene, headed a study publicized by the Council for Research in the Social Sciences of Columbia University.

Among a number of efforts nationally to upgrade the teaching profession by recognizing exemplary teachers, the social - studies certification program was unveiled last January.

Referred by Top 12 Global Blogger Todd Finley (@finleyt), James Alan Sturtevant (@jamessturtevant), Social Studies teacher at Big Walnut High School in Sunbury, Ohio and Author of You've Got ta Connect, makes the bold recommendation that reaching out to bullies can sometimes be as important as punishment.

I am a San Marino High School (CA) social studies teacher and for the past several years I have increasingly required my US Government students to think critically by engaging in a semester - long group project that culminates with an end - of term - presentation.

This resource is written by teachers from across the country and presents the history of the Court thematically corresponding to the strands in the social studies curriculum.

Moreover, the history curricula promoted by social studies experts insisted that teachers ought to encourage their students to look more critically at U.S. policy in the Middle East in the hopes of understanding the terrorists» motives.

OCR Religious Studies - Developments in Christian Thought - Unit 6 - Challenges part of a series of podcasts by Mark Coffey (author of Ethics for OCR Religious Studies) and Dr Andrew Brower - Latz (author of The Social Philosophy of Gillian Rose), teachers of Religious Studies A Level at The Manchester Grammar School.

Under the wing of principal Solomon, eighth grade English and social studies teacher Tracy Goodman and her colleagues found a way to help their students understand and appreciate the immigrant experience by becoming «immigrants» themselves.

Teachers are encouraged or required to suspend or interrupt science, social studies, and other core subjects not tested by TAAS for TAAS preparation in other disciplines.

«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 thesocial 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 thstudies,» 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 thteacher on Mercer Island, Washington, who was recognized by the National Council for the Social Studies as National Elementary Teacher of theSocial Studies as National Elementary Teacher of thStudies as National Elementary Teacher of thTeacher of the Year.

A recent study conducted by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the world's largest teacher unions, found that many U.S. school districts routinely practice social promotion, despite public policies — and sometimes laws — meant to prevent it.

I am a Social Studies and English teacher by trade.

Social studies teachers Karl Atkins and Scott Deckelmann take on a very serious subject by giving their students a very amusing challenge: Win a computer game.

An analysis of the size of the training pool as identified by the Department for Education (DfE) in their annual Initial Teacher Training census suggests that vacancies are eroding the pool fastest in some small subject areas, such as social studies and business studies.

Given those challenges, pollsters / analysts Steve Farkas and Ann Duffett have delivered an invaluable service in their new study «High Schools, Civics, and Citizenship: What Social Studies Teachers Think and Do,» released today (Full disclosure: The study was commissioned and published by my shop at AEI).

Steve and Ann explore what our schools are teaching today about citizenship by interviewing and surveying those teachers most directly charged with educating and shaping America's new citizens — high school teachers of history and social studies in both public and private schools.

For example,» Schlager noted, «I hosted a social - studies teachers listserv that was supported by a Web company — until the Web company decided to discontinue support of listservs.

High school social studies teacher Emily Block had used design thinking in her classroom before, but wanted to take it one step farther and have her students learn by making.

No matter your class demographics or grade level, ELA and social studies teachers should integrate similar projects in their own classrooms, because every student will benefit from learning to craft a compelling visual story backed by persuasive facts and ideas.

The study, led by Jerome Johnston of the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan, found that high school students at «exemplary» Channel One schools — defined as schools where teachers make good use of the 12 - minute daily show's content — scored 5 percent better on current - events tests than students at control high schools, where the program was not used.

A social studies teacher from Wisconsin describes how he has re-invigorated his passion for knowledge by using Twitter to grow his personal learning network, or PLN.

Prompted by reports showing that American students knew little about the modern civil rights movement, Teaching Tolerance launched an investigation into the social studies standards states expected teachers to teach and students to learn.

Top Teacher Ties History to Current Events By tying the lessons of history to the issues of the day, Deirdra Grode, a seventh - and eighth - grade social studies and language arts teacher at Hoboken Charter School in Hoboken, New Jersey, is teaching her students to be analytical and sociallyTeacher Ties History to Current Events By tying the lessons of history to the issues of the day, Deirdra Grode, a seventh - and eighth - grade social studies and language arts teacher at Hoboken Charter School in Hoboken, New Jersey, is teaching her students to be analytical and sociallyteacher at Hoboken Charter School in Hoboken, New Jersey, is teaching her students to be analytical and socially aware.

Yet in a 2010 survey, 70 % of high - school social - studies teachers reported that civics has been marginalized by the focus on reading and math assessments.

EDSITEment Created by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this site for K - 12 teachers is rich with lesson plans on art and culture, foreign languages, history and social studies, and literature and language arts.

Developed by teachers and leaders of social studies curriculum in the State of Michigan, each PASST item has been designed using a blended approach to assess both the knowledge and skills essential for student mastery of standards in social studies.

Customizable 4 - 12 curricula for English, math, science and social studies made by teachers, for teachers.

The effectiveness of the model has been studied in over 20 years of research and field - testing about: (a) the effectiveness of the model as perceived by key groups, such as principals, teachers, students, and parents; (b) research related to student creative productivity; (c) research relating to personal and social development; (d) the use of SEM with culturally diverse or special needs populations; (e) research on student self - efficacy; (f) the use of SEM as a curricular framework; (g) research relating to learning styles and curriculum compacting; and (h) longitudinal research on the SEM.

In response to Colorado's new teacher evaluation system, a system plagued by ambiguity and fear, CEA funded our grant request to recruit NBCT and other master elementary, middle and high school teachers in Cherry Creek Schools, representing Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, World Languages and ELL, to participate in a professional development activity centered on best practices and the new system.

With simple activities across literacy, math, social studies, science, and design and engineering, all developed by classroom teachers, LearnToLearn delivers an easy way get started with LEGO Education in the classroom.

[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.

By transferring our discussion to a public network comprising nearly 1,000 other social studies teachers, teacher educators, and preservice students, we hypothesized that our students would reap two kinds of benefits.

Written by the Outstanding Teacher of the Year, this book is an excellent guide for making social studies exciting and active, while covering course content.

By further dividing the materials into usable excerpts and overtly connecting the resources to the regular curriculum perhaps digital libraries can better support social studies teachers.

Teacher educators must explore with preservice teachers how digital technologies shape and are shaped by education and examine the deeper theoretical and pragmatic understanding of the core purpose of social studies to prepare civic life.

This essay is a response to both the «Guidelines for Using Technology to Prepare Social Studies Teachers» published in this journal by Hicks, Lee, Berson, Bolick, and Diem (2014) and the rejoinder by Crocco and Leo (2015).

While the impressions presented in this article of the changing landscape of technology and its impact on social studies teaching and learning have been informed by recent theory and research, we also sought to represent, in snapshot form, a slice of the thinking of social studies teacher educators.

By leveraging emerging technologies to engage social studies teachers in critical reflections about contemporary and historical issues, #sschat and others are influencing the manner in which social studies educators think about teacher learning and professional development.