Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies - Hardcover

Ellis, Arthur K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0205267637 ISBN 13: 9780205267637

Publisher: Pearson Education (US), 1997

Synopsis

A text for elementary educators, with chapters on aspects including theory and practice, teaching and learning strategies, assessment, making and interpreting maps, and using current events. Includes chapter summaries and activities, and a current events mini-unit of activities and projects for children. Special attention is given to character education, moral development, and values education. This sixth edition contains new material on social studies standards, learning theory, children as researchers, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, citizenship education, and the Internet. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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From the Back Cover

Are you looking for a practical elementary social studies methods text that provides a strong balance between the theory and effective practice? Take a moment to explore the ninth edition of Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies today. This well-respected textexplains, illustrates, and encourages developmentally appropriate practice while promoting engaged, exploratory learning and reflection.  A host of practical lessons are found throughout the book, as examples and launching points for effective social studies teaching.  A central purpose of the book is to address and nurture the strategies and tactics necessary to achieving the social studies goals of participatory citizenship, knowledge of our world, self-realization and regulation, and social and moral growth. 

 

More than in any previous edition, Art Ellis prepares you for the realities of teaching social studies today!

• New coverage of the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) Standards as well as the knowledge base children should have.
• Additional lessons and activities have been added throughout and all are now linked directly to the NCSS Standards.
• Additional insights from such theorists as Jerome Bruner, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, John Dewy, and more.
• New and additional coverage of the idea of children as researchers, interdisciplinary teaching and learning, connections to literature, and citizenship education.
• New coverage of teaching and learning strategies, children as makers and readers of maps, and literacy including electronic/media/information literacy.
• New/Updated content on character education, moral development, and service learning.

Synopsis

A text for elementary educators, with chapters on aspects including theory and practice, teaching and learning strategies, assessment, making and interpreting maps, and using current events. Includes chapter summaries and activities, and a current events mini-unit of activities and projects for children. Special attention is given to character educ

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0205267637
• ISBN 13: 9780205267637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 400