Foundations of Social Studies Education
Foundations of Social Studies Education helps pre-service teachers understand teaching social studies for democratic citizenship and compares curricula across national contexts.
Summary
What you’ll be able to do
Assess the central debates within social studies and consider how these debates have shaped the structure and goals of social studies curricula in different educational contexts.
Make connections between educational theory and the use of different pedagogical strategies.
Evaluate and discuss relevant journal articles and book chapters.
Source: UW Guide
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Course mapDeclared in Curriculum and Instruction MS: Secondary Education Teaching Certification
- Declared in Curriculum and Instruction MS: Secondary Education Teaching Certification
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- Declared in Curriculum and Instruction MS: Secondary Education Teaching Certification
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Focuses on helping pre-service teachers understand what it means to teach social studies for democratic citizenship. Focuses on central debates within social studies education and considers how different national, historical, economic, and political contexts have shaped social studies curricula. Offers an opportunity to compare and contrast social studies education curricula and approaches in diverse national contexts.
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Topics
- Central debates within social studies education
- National, historical, economic, and political contexts shaping social studies curricula
- Comparative analysis of social studies education curricula and approaches
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- Understanding the meaning of teaching social studies for democratic citizenship
- Comparing and contrasting social studies education curricula across diverse national contexts
- Connecting educational theory with different pedagogical strategies
- Assessing central debates that shape the structure and goals of social studies curricula
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