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Rebecca G. W. Mueller – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2024
The disappointing results of the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Civics and U.S. History have further fueled the call for consistent, high-quality social studies instruction. The response by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) highlighted the imperative for early grades, claiming "the lack of a solid…
Descriptors: Local History, Social Studies, Relevance (Education), United States History
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Olivia Ng; Jacqui Lees; Raella Kahuroa – Early Childhood Folio, 2023
This article is based on a 2-year TLRI-funded research project that examined how three early childhood centres explored the ways in which walking, reading, and storying the land with teachers, community members, iwi, and whanau enabled children to experience and learn about their local area, its stories, geology, biodiversity, and cultural…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Place Based Education, Kindergarten, Inquiry
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Redvaldsen, David – History Education Research Journal, 2023
This article reports a local study of the presence of history as a subject in the kindergartens of Kristiansand, a municipality in southern Norway. There is no syllabus for history in the national curriculum; nevertheless, the research sought to find historical content in the kindergartens. The research method was informed by a precept of history…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Kindergarten, History Instruction, National Curriculum