This research examines the literature on the effectiveness of computers
in social studies instruction and learning and assesses the trends and patterns of technology use in the social studies over the past five years.
What if there was model that could provide students with meaningful,
relevant social studies instruction, while at the same time, enhancing learning in other subjects in an engaging way?
Lack of proficiency in reading and writing in social studies is exacerbated by the fact that schools are spending far less time
on social studies instruction in the face of increasing pressure to improve standardized test scores in reading and mathematics (Manzo, 2005).
Year after year, we find that pre-service teachers, particularly those specializing in the lower elementary grades, rarely
observe social studies instruction in their field placements.
Our team also observed control - group classrooms to gather information about what business - as -
usual social studies instruction was like, and to determine whether any control - group teachers used PBL (none did).
Read - Aloud Choices that Build Vocabulary * Select a mix of read aloud books that is appealing, funny, and / or connected to content learning, for example Nightjohn, (historical fiction on the 1850s) by Gary Paulsen, to
complement social studies instruction.
Participants will define blogging in the context of their
own social studies instruction, learn how to select a web - logging site to suit their instructional needs and put together a simple starter blog for use in their classrooms.
Cohen and Rosenzweig (2006) noted that this availability of historical materials had the potential to
change social studies instruction, writing that literally anybody, from «high school student... to senior historian» has unprecedented access to social studies materials, not only from libraries around the world, but instantaneously (p. 4).
Job Overview The middle school social studies teacher plans, implements, and reflects
upon social studies instruction in order to realize the mission of the school.
However, it also can provide «the leverage so urgently needed for
moving social studies instruction away from passive, teacher - dominated approaches emphasizing recall and regurgitation toward active, student - centered forms of learning demanding critical and conceptual thinking» (Crocco, 2001, para. 5).
Through a 2014 lens, Martorella's Internet seems archaic, yet two of his predictions were particularly poignant and have had a significant impact
on social studies instruction: the phenomenon of «computer as data gatherer» (p. 513) and a «new generation» of the Internet that would become more interactive (p. 512).
Standardized curricula, high stakes testing, and competing curricular mandates in math and reading have marginalized
authentic social studies instruction (Grant, 2003; Heafner et al., 2007; Rock et al., 2006).
As an instructional expert Rodriguez has taught various workshops in literacy and
social studies instruction, project - based curriculum design, differentiation, and data driven instruction.
In the process, I've learned how a good piece of literature can elevate
my social studies instruction.
As students develop dual - language proficiency around third grade, they also receive reading, writing, and
social studies instruction in their second language.
school district based
their social studies instruction entirely on the reading basal.
Rather than take standalone courses focused on technology, preservice teachers must have frequent opportunities to observe, practice with, and explore the integration of computer - based tools in
social studies instruction.
At a minimum,
social studies instruction must account for the changes in society resulting from the use of technology (Glenn, 1990) and must consider the critical thought required for processing information generated by technology (Parker, 1991).
Technology also offers a new way for educators to use students» lived experiences as content for
social studies instruction (Tally, 1996).
The data indicate that when the teachers were observed utilizing an IWB in
their social studies instruction, they shifted away from the student - centered instructional practices observed when they did not use the device.
Course outcomes and unit concepts and goals for Science and
Social Studies instruction were laid out by Memphis teachers and administrators in partnership with experts from the University of Notre Dame and in alignment with national standards in these disciplines.