Ed 318 Exam 1 - Social Studies Methods

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What are the goals of social studies?
- Primary purpose - ______________
1. all students need the knowledge, skills, and democratic dispositions to be active and to participate in public life.
2. all students must be prepared to interact with the increasing ________ of their communities and the nation.
3. all students need to understand the complexity of local, national, and global issues that are shaping the world.

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- civic education
- diversity

Front 2

What are the 4 major sub goals in civic education:

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- to acquire knowledge from history, the social sciences, and related areas
- to develop skills to think and to process information.
- to develop appropriate democratic values, beliefs, and dispositions
- to have opportunities for civic participation

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What are the two main approaches?

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- the social studies approach'
- the single discipline approach

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___________ - national council for the social studies (NCSS) adopted an integrated definition of the field in 1992 and revised in in 2010.

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- the social studies approach

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__________ - students are taught traditional knowledge and values as framework for making decisions.

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- citizenship transmission

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___________ - students master social sciences/history concepts, generalizations, and methods.

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- social/science/history

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________ - students use knowledge and thinking to make decisions to solve problems.

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- reflective inquiry

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_______ - students develop understanding and skills needed to critique and transform society; often a focus on injustice/inequality.

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- social justice

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_________ - students develop a positive self-concept and a strong sense of personal efficacy.

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- child centered

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__________ - what teachers are expected to teach and students are expected to know.

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- content standards

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________ - what students should be able to do.

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- performance standards

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Standards help teachers and students to be clear about their purposes in developing __________ for learning. When goals are clear more students can meet them .

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- explicit goals

Front 13

Controversy over national standards led to _____ states developing their own standards.
Individual state standards varied greatly, with critics finding a majority of state standards faculty in being:
- too ________ & - too ________ in expectations, and too poorly ______ to be really useful to teachers and students.

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- too broad, too low, poorly written

Front 14

What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?
- It mandated strict ______ measures including sanctions for schools not meeting performance targets.
- States established their own annual ______ for 3rd - 8th graders aligned to their own state standards. This lead to greater diversity.

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- a re-authorization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act by President George W. Bush in 2001.
- accountability
- tests

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What are some common complaints with NCLB?
- Curriculum ___________ with more time on ELA, Math.
- Too many schools punished because one subgroup failed to meet the standards.
- Unrealistic to expect students with disabilities and Els to perform up to par.
- Too much ________.
- States vary on what "_________" means and often have low standards.
- A public label of failure discourages teachers and students.
- Adequate ______ for implementation not supplied.

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- narrowed
- testing
- proficient
- funds

Front 16

What is Race to the Top?
RttT Priorities:
- Adoption of ___________ academic standards
- Aid for the lowest performing schools
- Expanding _________ schools.
- Providing a data system to plot how individual students progress to aid instruction.
- Judging teacher ________ based on student test scores.
- V.A.M. = _________

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- In 2010, President Obama put Race to the Top (RttT) into play using $4.35 billion in stimulus money.
- common core
- charter
- effectiveness
- value added model

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What did the Common Core State Standards replace?

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- Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum

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Common Core State Standards:
- compiled by the _______ and the ______.
- Purpose:
- The aim was ____________ with _____% content left to each state.
- The standards are "voluntary" ( _____ states participating)
- Partnership for 21st Century requires even higher standards with emphasis placed on _______.

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- National Governors Association & Council of Chief State School Officers
- to help prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in college and careers and to be prepared to compete globally.
- fewer, clearer, higher standards, 15%
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- technology

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A national social studies curriculum exists for 2 reasons:
1- _________
2- Most teachers follow guidelines produced by their state. Textbook publishers are influenced by states that purchase so large states influence content.

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- textbooks

Front 20

What is the difference between scope and sequence?

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- Scope refers to the list of topics covered in program.
- Sequence is the order in which these topics are covered.

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Almost all elementary social studies use what is often called the ____________.
K -
1 -
2 -
3 -
4 -
5 -
6 -

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- expanding communities program
K- self and others
1 - families
2 - communities
3 - cities
4 - regions
5 - US and Canada
6 - World

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_________ - strongly held standards or criteria we use in making judgments about people, places, or things.
________ Education - teaches students to identify and to practice "good values"
Includes:
______ beliefs (freedom of speech and worship)
______
Caring, Courtesy, and Kindness
Respect for others, _______

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- values
- character and moral
Democratic beliefs
Cooperation

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How do we teach values and character?
- Through our ________ in and out of the classroom. We are role models.
- Through a ___________ (what is right and wrong)

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- actions
- hidden curriculum

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Why is planning important?
- Teachers are ________.
- Teachers are responsible for meeting needs in an ______ classroom.
- Research indicates that teachers who plan are more likely to be ________ with their teaching and are more likely to ______ in the teaching profession.
- Planning helps you to build on students' _____ & ______.

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- decision makers
- inclusive
- satisfied, remain
- backgrounds & experiences

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Why is reflecting important?

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- it helps improve your teaching

Front 26

Designing units:
1 Unpack the ___________.
2 Design the _________ (s)
3 Design the _________ to ensure learning for all students.

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- Standards
- Assessment
- Activities

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Criteria for Designing Units:
- Construction of _______ : will students organize, interpret, or explain information? Will they consider different points of view and alternate solutions?
- ________ and other skills: will students use and extend their skills.
- ________ beyond schools: Will the knowledge and skills be used outside the classroom? Will civic skills and values be likely to increase?
- Link to state ___________: will the unit help students to achieve state standards.

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- knowledge
- thinking
- value
- standards

Front 28

Lesson plans are ______ to ensure maximum learning on the part of the student.
Lesson plans should reflect the _______ of the unit and make the goals more meaningful.

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- sequenced
- goals

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Teaching strategies should be ______, _______ applied, and _____ to students.

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- challenging, flexibility

Front 30

Classroom _____ are necessary for student learning.

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- rules

Front 31

Two main categories of methods and strategies:
1. _________ - the teacher has the prominent role such as lecturing.
2. _______ - the student is central to these methods. Examples would be cooperative learning, role-playing and simulations.

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- direct teaching
- indirect teaching

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What are the 4 Cs?

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- critical thinking and problem solving
- communication
- collaboration
- creativity

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What are the 3 kinds of thinking?

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- analytical, creative, & practical

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________ thinking - to analyze, critique, judge, compare and contrast, evaluate, assess; what most teachers think as critical thinking
- thinking about what you are doing

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- analytical thinking

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_______ thinking - to create, invent, discover, imagine if, suppose that, predict
- thinking outside the box

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- creative thinking

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________ thinking - to apply, use, put into practice, implement, employ what students know
- common sense

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practical thining

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Problem Based Learning:
- focuses on ______ learning
- requires in depth ______
- can foster _________ thinking
- benefits from cooperation among students

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- authentic
- inquiry
- interdisciplinary

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What are Dewey's Steps for Problem Solving?

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1. define the problem, question or dilemma posed
2. suggest alternative solutions to the problem; formulate the hypothesis for testing.
3. develop a plan to collect and analyze data that supports or negates the hypothesis. Try to use a variety of sources.
4. accept or reject the hypothesis; present finding

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Inductive Thinking:
- moves from several examples to a concept or _______.
- gives students the opportunity to construct their own ways of learning by building on what they already know.
- The _____ Method has 3 basic steps:
1. Teacher enumerates and lists students' responses to an opening question.
2. Students group the responses.
3. Students label or categorize their grouping.

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- generalization
- Hilda Taba

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What is cooperative learning?

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- an instructional strategy in which small groups of students work together toward a common learning goal.

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What is Spencer Kagan's PIES?

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P - positive independence
I - individual accountability
E - equal participation
S - simultaneous instruction

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What are 3 interactive teaching strategies?

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- role playing, dramatic play, and simulations 2q