Secrets to success for social studies teachers. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ellen Kottler, Nancy P. Gallavan.
• Other Names: Kottler, Ellen; Gallavan, Nancy P
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Introduction; Chapter 1 -- Design Your Classroom to Create Communities of Learners; Explore Your School and Classroom; Meet Your Department and Team; Investigate Your School History and Customs; Access Textbooks and Equipment; Plan for Desks and Displays; Collect Materials and Resources; Establish Your Policies and Procedures; Create a Shared Learning Environment; Hold Class Meetings Regularly; Ensure Equity and Fairness; Use Appropriate and Neutral Language; Know Your Learners; Realize Changes in Today's Students. Involve Parents and FamiliesBegin Each Day Anew; Establish a Sense of Place ... ; Chapter 2 -- Understand Standards to Develop Your Curriculum; Appreciate the Benefits of Social Studies; Recognize the Nature of Social Studies; Dig into the History of Social Studies Education; Examine the Purposes of Social Studies; Know the NCSS Definition; Rely on the NCSS Curricular Strands; Develop Practical Applications of Each Strand; Draw from the Academic Disciplines; Note the NCSS Purpose, Vision, and Approaches; Reference Your State Standards; Incorporate Your District Expectations. Feature Your School Organization and MissionLink References to Develop Curriculum; Plan Your Year; Connect Social Studies with Your Students ... ; Chapter 3 -- Make Your Instruction Meaningful to Empower Learners; Begin from the Perspectives of the Learners; Showcase Powerful Teaching and Learning; Teach to the Core Performance Indicators; Follow an Integrated Unit of Learning; Demonstrate Holistic Instruction; Expand the Integrated Unit of Learning; Aim for Higher-Order Thinking; Reference Two Taxonomies to Write Objectives; Feature Actions with Verbs from Bloom's Taxonomy. Use the Marzano and Kendall New TaxonomyCapitalize on the Multiple Intelligences; Incorporate Instruction That Works; Differentiate Instruction; Improve Student Achievement; Let Your Students Teach One Another ... ; Chapter 4 -- Align Assessments with Objectives to Strengthen Outcomes; Set Goals, Objectives, and Expectations; Start with the End in Mind; Feature All Three Types of Assessment; Determine the Functions and Purposes; Vary the Structures and Formats; Use Selected Responses; Include Constructed Essays; Highlight Demonstrated Performances; Remember Personal Communications. Offer Authentic and Alternative AssessmentsIncorporate Portfolios; Prepare a Scoring Plan; Understand the Results of Standardized Testing; Develop an Assessment Blueprint; Make Sure the Process Makes Sense for Everyone ... ; Chapter 5 -- Connect the Learning to Reach Students' Lives; Integrate the Six Major Social Studies Skills; Navigate Chronological and Spatial Thinking; Explore Historical Interpretation; Consider Civic/Citizenship Activities; Examine Economic Trends; Investigate Research, Evidence, and Point of View; Create Constructivist Classrooms; Select Questions Effectively.
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 258 pages)
• Subjects: 300.71/273; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States; First year teachers -- Training of -- United States; Teacher orientation -- United States; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; First year teachers -- Training of; Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Middle school); Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Secondary); Teacher orientation; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452297651; 1452297657; 9781510701052; 1510701052; 9781452294421; 1452294429
• Related ISBNs: 9781412950268; 1412950260; 9781412950275; 1412950279
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 14, 2015).
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