Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School Social Studies : Methods, Assessment, and Classroom Management ebook MOBI, TXT
9781138846777 English 1138846775 Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School Social Studies: Methods, Assessment, and Classroom Managementis an exciting methods-based text that integrates appropriate management and assessment techniques with seven distinct teaching strategies. Writing explicitly for pre-service social studies teachers, veteran teacher educator Bruce E. Larson offers detailed descriptions of a range of instructional strategies, along with guidelines for deciding how and when to use each. Part I offers the foundations for teaching and learning in a social studies classroom, and explores contextual, theoretical, and policy factors that all teachers need to consider before entering the classroom. Part II delivers a range of comprehensive strategies for providing instruction that is appropriate for particular lessons, student abilities, and classroom environments. The practical strategies in Part II build upon the learning theories described in Part I, positioning Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School Social Studiesãeeto be the go-to, all-inclusive teacher's guide to the social studies classroom. ãee New to this Edition ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee A list of goals before each chapter presents an overview of a chapter's content focus, and provides an outline for the chapter review. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Extensively revised Part One provides an updated review of national standards developed for teaching history, geography, civics, and economics. In-depth applications of the Common Core Standards for the social studies are also explored. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee New "Reality Check" feature provides directions for integrating field-based experiences into the chapters, and contextualizes the ideas in the book for a classroom setting. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Each chapter in Part Two (chapters 5-11) has been expanded to include a section labeled "Enhancing Student Learning with Technology," offering websites, links, and other resources for integrating recent technologies into the classroom. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Chapters 5-11 include a new "Making Your Lesson More Meaningful for ELLs" feature, which provides ideas--based on current research and theories about learning language--for engaging ELLs specific for each instructional strategy. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Expanded discussion of the "Understanding by Design" model equips teachers to design learning experiences that promote student understanding by intentionally designing what happens in the classroom, and developing authentic formative assessments of student learning. ãee ãee
9781138846777 English 1138846775 Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School Social Studies: Methods, Assessment, and Classroom Managementis an exciting methods-based text that integrates appropriate management and assessment techniques with seven distinct teaching strategies. Writing explicitly for pre-service social studies teachers, veteran teacher educator Bruce E. Larson offers detailed descriptions of a range of instructional strategies, along with guidelines for deciding how and when to use each. Part I offers the foundations for teaching and learning in a social studies classroom, and explores contextual, theoretical, and policy factors that all teachers need to consider before entering the classroom. Part II delivers a range of comprehensive strategies for providing instruction that is appropriate for particular lessons, student abilities, and classroom environments. The practical strategies in Part II build upon the learning theories described in Part I, positioning Instructional Strategies for Middle and High School Social Studiesãeeto be the go-to, all-inclusive teacher's guide to the social studies classroom. ãee New to this Edition ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee A list of goals before each chapter presents an overview of a chapter's content focus, and provides an outline for the chapter review. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Extensively revised Part One provides an updated review of national standards developed for teaching history, geography, civics, and economics. In-depth applications of the Common Core Standards for the social studies are also explored. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee New "Reality Check" feature provides directions for integrating field-based experiences into the chapters, and contextualizes the ideas in the book for a classroom setting. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Each chapter in Part Two (chapters 5-11) has been expanded to include a section labeled "Enhancing Student Learning with Technology," offering websites, links, and other resources for integrating recent technologies into the classroom. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Chapters 5-11 include a new "Making Your Lesson More Meaningful for ELLs" feature, which provides ideas--based on current research and theories about learning language--for engaging ELLs specific for each instructional strategy. ·ãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãeeãee Expanded discussion of the "Understanding by Design" model equips teachers to design learning experiences that promote student understanding by intentionally designing what happens in the classroom, and developing authentic formative assessments of student learning. ãee ãee