Preparing students for success in social studies courses and
for civic competence beyond high school means preparing students to read and write these texts.
Not exact matches
It belongs prominently also in all of the so - called «academic» subjects, including science and mathematics, and in everything that is done in schools and homes
for the development of manual, emotional, social, and
civic grace, wisdom, and
competence.
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.
In order to build
civic competence, students must be proficient in reading the texts that are prevalent in various disciplines of the social studies, and students must know how to apply a variety of literacy strategies
for reading and writing social studies texts.
Social studies is defined by the National Council
for Social Studies as «the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote
civic competence.»
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