Social Studies in Elementary Education - Hardcover

Parker, Walter C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0130213373 ISBN 13: 9780130213372

Publisher: Pearson, 2000

Synopsis

For preservice, inservice, and graduate courses on social studies in elementary education.

More practical than ever, this number one text retains the clarity and friendly tone of previous editions while taking a fresh look at diversity, technology, democratic citizenship, and expanding social studies across the curriculum. It details the mission of social studies education, considers the diversity of children in today's social studies classrooms, addresses the social studies curriculum, and explores effective instruction. The author continues the tradition of applying educational concepts with specific classroom examples and field-tested lesson plans in this classic.

About this title

About the Author:

W

alter Parker teaches in the College of Education at the University of Washington in Seattle where he chairs the Social Studies Education Program. Earlier he taught at the University of Texas at Arlington.He studies K―12 social studies education generally and, in particular, civic education and the new international education movement. His other books include Renewing the Social Studies Curriculum (1991); Educating the Democratic Mind (1996); Education for Democracy: Contexts, Curricula, and Assessments (2002); and Teaching Democracy: Unity and Diversity in Public Life (2003).He is the editor of the Research and Practice column for Social Education, the flagship journal of the National Council for the Social Studies. Walter was born and raised in Englewood, Colorado, on Denver’s south side, and taught school for many years in Adams County on Denver’s north side. He earned the B.A. in Political Science (University of Colorado, Boulder), the M.A. in Social Foundations of Education (University of Colorado, Denver), and the Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (University of Washington, Seattle). He lives in Seattle with his wife, Sheila Valencia.

From the Back Cover:

Social Studies in Elementary Education by Walter C. Parker continues the Parker and Jarolimek tradition of clearly and precisely presenting the issues and methods of teaching social studies in elementary school. Using simple, elegant prose, the author applies concepts with specific classroom examples as well as field-tested lesson plans.

This eleventh edition contains

• a strong focus on using technology to teach social studies
• expanded coverage of integrated thematic teaching
• cutting-edge coverage of voting and citizenship
• continued emphasis on teaching in a diverse society

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0130213373
• ISBN 13: 9780130213372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 456