Sentences with phrase «social studies teachers overall»

There are positive anecdotal accounts given by interested individual parties, but nothing that would indicate social studies teachers overall support the standards.

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Students increasingly compose within social media environments and teachers should capitalize on this affinity, as did Dr. Reynol Junco at Lock Haven University, in a study where his students used Twitter and other social media tools to increase their overall grade point averages (see video).

Efforts with preservice teachers described here have been informed by the authors» successes assisting in - service teachers with understanding how technology can empower inquiry - based teaching practices in social studies classrooms, as well as efforts to more fully integrate technology into the overall teacher education programs at the authors» institutions.

How do the prior K - 12 social studies and technology experiences of preservice teachers affect their perceptions of social studies, teaching social studies, integrating technology into social studies, and their overall expectations of a social studies methods course?