Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies

by Oscar Gross Brockett

With more and more attention to interdisciplinary teaching and learning and a new emphasis on constructivism, teachers need better strategies for involving their students in social studies content. New material on the National Council of Social Studies has also been incorporated.

The sixth edition of this popular book maintains its focus on the child and provides teachers with teaching strategies that emphasize inquiry, concepts, and moral development. The entire book has been updated with new information and insight.

392 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

Reviews

[Dani]

This is a great textbook for new teachers to learn about teaching elementary social studies. It emphasizes the National Council for Social Studies' (NCSS) ten social studies themes and the importance of integrating social studies throughout the curriculum. The text pushes for active and experiential learning. It discusses social studies in all its aspects--history, geography, culture and identity, the role of government, citizenship and service learning, and much more.

Chapters include
Social Studies: Definitions and Rationale
Children in a Democracy: Teaching and Learning Responsible Citizenship
Social Studies and Diversity in America
Setting and Achieving Social Studies Standards
Three Ways to Center the Social Studies Curriculum: the Learner, Society, and Knowledge
Planning for Social Studies Teaching and Learning
Successful Strategies for Social Studies Teaching and Learning
Assessing Social Studies Learning
Inquiry, Discovery, and Problem Solving: Children as Researchers
Social Studies and the Integrate Curriculum
Exploring Our Geographic World
Making History Come Alive
Social Studies and the Literacy Connection
Keys to Where We've Been...

[Chelsea]

this was a poor textbook compared to other education textbooks i have read.