Recently added articles from The Social Studies:
Genius or dynamic learner? Benjamin Franklin's path to greatness.(Report)
May 01, 2008; Marcum, James W. ... ABSTRACT. While the remarkable accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin are unparalleled, the means of their attainment can be considered more accessible to ordinary people and not necessarily attributable to a special genius. The steady development of Franklin's knowledge and skills is traced ...
Using historical stories to teach tolerance: the experiences of Turkish eighth-grade students.(Report)
May 01, 2008; Demircioglu, Ismail H. ... ABSTRACT. This study's primary purpose is to investigate the ways in which eighth-grade students responded to a story told to them in a history lesson, which was intended to teach them tolerance. The author used a qualitative approach to gather data in this study. First, he researched the ...
A study of the teaching methods of high school history teachers.(Report)
May 01, 2008; Wiersma, Ashley ... ABSTRACT. The purpose of this study was to investigate and characterize current practice in secondary history education and its relationship to best practices. In this phenomenological study, the author examines the pedagogy of three high school history teachers and the extent to which ...
Experiments in democratic education: Dewey's Lab School and Korczak's Children's Republic.(John Dewey, Janusz Korczak)(Report)
May 01, 2008; Engel, Liba H. ... ABSTRACT. For democracy to thrive, students increasingly need to participate in democratic education. During the first half of the twentieth century, two education reformers individually developed, refined, and implemented two different forms of democratic education. In this article, the ...
Designing discussions: four ways to open up a dialogue.(Report)
May 01, 2008; Henning, John E. ... ABSTRACT. Discussion-based teaching has long been recognized as a way to promote civic engagement. However, increasing the amount and quality of student talk in social studies classrooms has proven very difficult in practice. This article's purpose is to show how teachers can design a ...
Examining the Pledge of Allegiance.(Report)
May 01, 2008; Martin, Leisa A. ... ABSTRACT. To prepare students for effective citizenship, the author examines the Pledge of Allegiance and explores its meaning, history, and role in American history. The author includes quotes presenting different views of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance and examples of pledges from ...
Beyond the textbook: studying Roswell in the social studies classroom.(Report)
May 01, 2008; Joseph, Brad ... ABSTRACT. Roswell has long been synonymous with aliens and UFOs, and people have been arguing over what happened that night in 1947 for many years. It is a topic left out of most textbooks and neglected in many social studies classrooms. However, Roswell has found a permanent place in ...
More time for powerful social studies: when university social studies methods faculty and classroom teachers collaborate.(Report)
May 01, 2008; McCall, Ava L. ... ABSTRACT. The authors focus on the collaboration between a university methods professor and two classroom teachers in teaching social studies methods as a way of bridging the gap between university preparation for teaching social studies and putting that preparation into practice in ...
How Can We Forget Rudolf II?(The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; Pahl, Ronald H. ... Marshall, Peter. 2006. The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague. New York: Walker. $24.95. How often do we leave out important people and places in our history classes? What about a monarch who supports and protects some of the most famous early ...