The writings of 33 authors in either curriculum theory or social studies are analyzed to determine whether each author supports structure-discovery views, reflective-inquiry views, or expresses views that tend to reflect both positions or neither position regarding the new approaches to teaching social studies. The structure-discovery method is…

This publication is a practical guide for teachers to improve their questioning techniques and thus increase their students' motivation, participation, and higher-level thinking. Teachers are urged to re-examine their views on educational practices and develop a teaching plan which accentuates opportunities for student involvement, and allows…

This book describes inquiry learning during a year-long classroom exploration with 4th graders, which began with setting up a bird feeder and a journal for students to record observations. The authors argue that schools have been organized to make things easy for learners, shielding them from the messiness, ambiguity, and change of intellectual…