Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies - Hardcover

Ellis, Arthur K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 020533752X ISBN 13: 9780205337521

Publisher: Pearson, 2001

Synopsis

With clear reference to the NCSS standards, this text provides students with strategies for involving children in social studies content that emphasize inquiry, concepts and moral development.

The seventh edition of this extremely popular text maintains its focus on the child. Attention is focused on the knowledge base, or “what children should know.” The text, in general, has been updated with coverage of current theories, self-esteem, emotional intelligence and assessment and has incorporated material on the NCSS standards.

About this title

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 020533752X
• ISBN 13: 9780205337521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384