Elementary Social Studies
Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
S.G. Grant, Bruce A. VanSledright
- 338 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Elementary Social Studies
Constructing a Powerful Approach to Teaching and Learning
S.G. Grant, Bruce A. VanSledright
About This Book
Organized around four commonplaces of educationâlearners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environmentâ Elementary Social Studies provides a rich and ambitious framework to help social studies teachers achieve powerful teaching and learning results. By blending the theoretical and the practical, the authors deeply probe the basic elements of quality instructionâplanning, implementation, and assessmentâalways with the goal of creating and supporting students who are motivated, engaged, and thoughtful.
Book features and updates to the fourth edition include:
⢠Two new chapters on using the Inquiry Design Model (IDM) to understand inquiry-based teaching and learning and to develop IDM inquiries.
⢠Revised chapter on ideas and questions.
⢠Revised chapter on literacy to more fully incorporate media literacy and digital citizenship.
⢠Real-classroom narratives introduce chapters and provide in-depth access to teaching and learning contexts.
⢠Practical curriculum and resource suggestions for the social studies classroom.
⢠End-of-chapter summaries and annotated teaching resources.