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Teaching Social Studies.
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Schug, Mark C. – Teaching Education, 1987
Content and methods are outlined for an undergraduate elementary social studies methods course. Course topics include structure of the discipline and its place in the curriculum, selecting concepts and facts to teach, how children reason and the implications for social studies teaching methods, instructional planning and techniques, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Methods Courses
A Venezuelan Experience: Professional Development for Teachers, Meaningful Activities for Students.
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LeLoup, Jean W.; Schmidt-Rinehart, Barbara C. – Hispania, 2003
Presents a model of professional development that is suited to the inservice Spanish teacher with limited time and financial resources. Details a summer program for Spanish teachers in Venezuela that combines an immersion experience with an advanced methodology course emphasizing a standards-based approach to curriculum development. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Foreign Countries, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Teachers
Reflections from the Introduction of Blogs and RSS Feeds into a Preservice Instructional Technology Course
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West, Richard E.; Wright, Geoff; Gabbitas, Bruce; Graham, Charles R. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2006
Reflection and professional development are two key practices that characterize an effective teacher and that are frequently overlooked in preservice training (Bowles, 2003; Halen-Faber, 1997; Patrick & Reinhartz, 1999). Reflection can be defined as the type of thinking that serves to challenge notions of prior learning (Halen-Faber, 1997), and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Preservice Teachers, Professional Development