Social Studies Teaching Department Freshmen's Views on Social Studies Teaching

Teaching Social Studies With Games

SocialstudiesisaclassstudentsencounterinthefourthandfifthgradesofprimaryschoolinSlovenia. Itincludesgoalsfromthefieldsofgeography,sociology,history,ethnology,psychology,economy, politics, ethics, aesthetics, and ecology.Amongother didactic recommendations in the national curriculumforteaching,socialstudiesincludeexperientiallearningwithgames....

Reciprocal teaching of social studies in inclusive elementary classrooms.

Reading comprehension relies on the use of metacognitive strategies. Reciprocal teaching has been found to be an effective comprehension technique to use with students with learning disabilities. This study examined the effectiveness of reciprocal teaching during social studies instruction with several students with learning disabilities in fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade inclusive classrooms....

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Teaching for social justice and social action.

Social justice education involves promoting critical awareness of social inequalities and developing skills that work against these inequalities. This article describes a general theoretical framework for social justice education, describes general strategies for facilitating students' social justice awareness and engagement, identifies challenges to social education, and highlights articles in...

The Effect of Teaching Approaches on Preschoolers’ Social Skills

The Effect of Teaching Approaches on Preschoolers’ Social Skills N. Mohammadi, Ph.D. M. Mesteri Social skills can be better fostered by teaching approaches that emphasize group work. Such skills include self-control, academic self-efficacy, persistence, leadership skills, and social communication. Teaching approaches also include work unit and project approaches. To explore ...