Download or read book The Social Sciences and Geographic Education written by John M. Ball and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Digital Geography written by Andrew J. Milson and published by IAP. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to provide a review and analysis of the theory, research, and practice related to geospatial technologies in social studies education. In the first section, the history of geospatial technologies in education, the influence of the standards movement, and the growth of an international geospatial education community are explored. The second section consists of examples and discussion of the use of geospatial technologies for teaching and learning history, geography, civics, economics, and environmental science. In the third section, theoretical perspectives are proposed that could guide research and practice in this field. This section also includes reviews and critiques of recent research relevant to geospatial technologies in education. The final section examines the theory, research, and practice associated with teacher preparation for using geospatial technologies in education.
Download or read book My Skills Book the Social Studies Geography Tool Kit written by Ruth Naumann and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equipping students with skills is the best way to give them a head-start into the future. The New Zealand Curriculum recognises that all students should have the opportunity to develop essential skills. The great feature of skills is that they are self-perpetuating. Mastery of one skill leads to confidence in another skill and so on.
Download or read book Social Studies and Social Sciences written by Stanley P. Wronski and published by Washington, DC : National Council for the Social Studies. This book was released on 1986 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication documents the development of the social studies during the past 50 years. This collection of essays updates major trends in history, political science, sociology, economics, psychology, anthropology, and geography. Unlike two earlier collections, this book has an emphasis on the continuing problems, trends, and issues in both the social sciences and social studies and also contains a series of complementing essays describing developments in the teaching of the discipline areas at the elementary and secondary levels. Following an introduction by Donald H. Bragaw, 15 essays by different authors are presented: "Trials of Clio" (David D. Van Tassel); "From Monopoly to Dominance" (Paul Robinson and Joseph M. Kirman); "The Evolving Nature of Geography" (Salvatore J. Natoli); "Teaching and Learning in Geography" (Barbara J. Winston); "Political Science: Promise and Practice" (John G. Gunnell); "Civics and Government in Citizenship Education (James P. Shaver and Richard S. Knight); "In Search of Economic Ideals and Policies" (David D. VanHoose and William E. Becker, Jr.); "Promoting Economic Literacy" (Beverly J. Armento); "Sociology: From Theory to Social Action" (J. Ross Eshleman); "Teaching Sociology in K-12 Classrooms" (Thomas J. Switzer); "Coming of Age in Anthropology" (Roger C. Owen); "Trends in Precollegiate Anthropology" (Thomas L. Dynneson); "Psychology: Social Science, Natural Science, and Profession" (Michael Wertheimer and Others); "Teaching Psychology in High Schools" (John K. Bare); and "Looking Backward: 2035-1985" (Stanley P. Wronski). (KC)
Download or read book Social Science in Context written by Rickard Danell and published by Nordic Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the very first books to explore the role of the social sciences in historical, sociological, and global perspectives, it does so by analyzing the practical making and discursive aspects of social scientific disciplines, including sociology, economics, psychology, business and administration studies, social gerontology, gender studies, educational science, geography, and political science. It looks at them not only in their academic setting but also in extra-academic contexts and in a broader global setting. The volume includes 15 chapters written by an international and multidisciplinary group of scholars. The overall aim of the book is to encourage a contextual and reflexive understanding of the complex and dynamic relationship between the social sciences and society of the past and in today's globalized world. It is concerned with the bonds between the social sciences and society at large, including themes such as gender and power, science and politics, academic boundaries and global power relations, and postcolonial perspectives.
Download or read book Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences written by Steven J. Steinberg and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2005-08-04 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place is the first book to take a cutting-edge approach to integrating spatial concepts into the social sciences. In this text, authors Steven J. Steinberg and Sheila L. Steinberg simplify GIS (Geographic Information Systems) for practitioners and students in the social sciences through the use of examples and actual program exercises so that they can become comfortable incorporating this research tool into their repertoire and scope of interest. The authors provide learning objectives for each chapter, chapter summaries, links to relevant Web sites, as well as suggestions for student research projects.
Download or read book Geography in Relation to the Social Sciences written by Isaiah Bowman and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Standards for History written by National Center for History in the Schools (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sourcebook contains more than twelve hundred easy-to-follow and implement classroom activities created and tested by veteran teachers from all over the country. The activities are arranged by grade level and are keyed to the revised National History Standards, so they can easily be matched to comparable state history standards. This volume offers teachers a treasury of ideas for bringing history alive in grades 5?12, carrying students far beyond their textbooks on active-learning voyages into the past while still meeting required learning content. It also incorporates the History Thinking Skills from the revised National History Standards as well as annotated lists of general and era-specific resources that will help teachers enrich their classes with CD-ROMs, audio-visual material, primary sources, art and music, and various print materials. Grades 5?12
Download or read book Social Studies in the New Education Policy Era written by Paul G. Fitchett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Studies in the New Education Policy Era is a series of compelling open-ended education policy dialogues among various social studies scholars and stakeholders. By facilitating conversations about the relationships among policy, practice, and research in social studies education, this collection illuminates various positions—some similar, some divergent—on contested issues in the field, from the effects of standardized curriculum and assessment mandates on K–12 teaching to the appropriate roles of social studies educators as public policy advocates. Chapter authors bring diverse professional experiences to the questions at hand, offering readers multiple perspectives from which to delve into well-informed discussions about social studies education in past, present, and future policy contexts. Collectively, their commentaries aim to inspire, challenge, and ultimately strengthen readers’ beliefs about the place of social studies in present and future education policy environments.
Download or read book Bringing the Social Sciences Alive written by Frederick M. Hess and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Both and invaluable resource and a how-to manual, this book is unlike others on the market. Written with the practicing teacher in mind, the book offers ten tested, varied, and refined simulations that will enliven a classroom in grades 7-12 without sacrificing content. The lessons will help a teacher teach concepts, material and skills more effectively.
Download or read book Social Studies Today written by Walter C. Parker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social Studies Today will help educators—teachers, curriculum specialists, and researchers—think deeply about contemporary social studies education. More than simply learning about key topics, this collection invites readers to think through some of the most relevant, dynamic, and challenging questions animating social studies education today. With 12 new chapters highlighting recent developments in the field, the second edition features the work of major scholars such as James Banks, Diana Hess, Joel Westheimer, Meira Levinson, Sam Wineburg, Beth Rubin, Keith Barton, Margaret Crocco, and more. Each chapter tackles a specific question on issues such as the difficulties of teaching historical thinking in the classroom, responding to high-stakes testing, teaching patriotism, judging the credibility of Internet sources, and teaching with film and geospatial technologies. Accessible, compelling, and practical, these chapters—full of rich examples and illustrations—showcase some of the most original thinking in the field, and offer pre- and in-service teachers alike a panoramic window on social studies curricula and instruction and new ways to improve them. Walter C. Parker is Professor and Chair of Social Studies Education and (by courtesy) Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Download or read book Geographical Education in a Changing World written by John Lidstone and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-19 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book results from the work of the Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union. Part 1 focuses on the distinctive traditions of school geography. Part 2 reviews the state of school geography on a broad continental basis, including national case studies by local experts. The final chapters extrapolate from the present and point to likely future developments in the subject, again with examples drawn from various countries.
Download or read book Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences written by Rob Gilbert and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "‘Teaching the Humanities and Social Sciences 6E’ prepares teachers to develop and implement programs in the humanities and social sciences learning area from F-10. It successfully blends theory with practical approaches to provide a basis for teaching that is engaging, inquiry-based and relevant to students’ lives."--Publisher's website.
Download or read book Rediscovering Geography written by Rediscovering Geography Committee and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-04-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As political, economic, and environmental issues increasingly spread across the globe, the science of geography is being rediscovered by scientists, policymakers, and educators alike. Geography has been made a core subject in U.S. schools, and scientists from a variety of disciplines are using analytical tools originally developed by geographers. Rediscovering Geography presents a broad overview of geography's renewed importance in a changing world. Through discussions and highlighted case studies, this book illustrates geography's impact on international trade, environmental change, population growth, information infrastructure, the condition of cities, the spread of AIDS, and much more. The committee examines some of the more significant tools for data collection, storage, analysis, and display, with examples of major contributions made by geographers. Rediscovering Geography provides a blueprint for the future of the discipline, recommending how to strengthen its intellectual and institutional foundation and meet the demand for geographic expertise among professionals and the public.
Download or read book Teaching of social studies written by S. K. Kochhar and published by Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. This book was released on 2000 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geography and Social Justice in the Classroom written by Todd W. Kenreich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume posits geography as a bridge between the natural and social sciences, demonstrating how issues such as discrimination and poverty can be more deeply understood with a spatial perspective from varying scales: individual, community, region, nation, and world. It explores new developments in geography and their implications for the K-12 social studies curriculum, introducing teachers and teacher educators to new research in the field and providing theoretical and practical examples of geography in the curriculum.
Download or read book Making Sense of Social Studies written by David Jenness and published by Free Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EDUCATION
