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Effective Teaching in Elementary Social Studies focuses on the importance of social studies in the preparation of individuals for their role in a free society. The text takes the approach that it is important for students to be actively engaged in learning about their social world. Approaching social studies as active learning holds the potential to help social studies become one of the most popular parts of the curriculum.
In addition, the text recognizes that many new teachers need specific guidance in helping them achieve success. Accordingly, this text includes specific descriptions of teaching approaches and includes a wealth of lesson plan ideas.
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Sixth Edition
Effective Teaching in Elementary Social Studies
Tom V. Savage ♦ David G. Armstrong
Widely praised as practical and user-friendly, Effective Teaching in Elementary Social Studies, Six Edition, offers a clear overview of the social sciences to strengthen preservice teachers' content knowledge and outlines effective methods for teaching social studies in today's diverse classrooms. In tune with the reality of limited classroom time to deovte to social studies instruction, the authors suggest ways teachers can integrate the social studies with other subject areas (see Chapter 11). Highlighting the importance of teaching social studies to foster the development of thoughtful, involved citizens and cognizant of the realities of teaching today, Savage and Armstrong provide a resource for learning today and teaching tomorrow.
New to this edition:
- 40 new and revised Lesson Ideas help you plan, teach, and assess social studies lessons (for example, see page 197, Lesson Idea 8-3).
- Chapter 5, Selecting Teaching Approaches for Knowledge Acquisition
- Chapter 6, Selecting Teaching Approaches for Knowledge Discovery
- More coverage of teaching research skills, time, and chronology (see Chapter 7)
- Increased focus on backward planning, helping teachers align learning objectives with learning outcomes (see Chapter 10)
- New section on grading strategies to help teachers select assessments that focus on important educational outcomes (see Chapter 12)
About the Author
Dr. David Armstrong is an international expert on the diabetic foot and wound care. He is the director of research in the Department of Surgery at the Southern Arizona V.A. Medical Center and a professor at the University of Arizona.
Dr. Larry Lavery is an expert in diabetes-related foot complications, is an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.
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