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Samantha Leihsing; Ann Marie Ryan – Theory Into Practice, 2025
How can teachers engage students in participatory civic education in a state like Texas where education policy is interfering with the Rights of the Learner by refusing to allow educators to support students in becoming active participants in vital democratic processes? Texas Senate Bill 3, passed in 2021, prohibits teachers from directly…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Citizen Participation, Civics, Learner Engagement
Neil O. Houser – Social Studies, 2024
In addition to the continuing need for citizens who can address the challenges of "human" communities, growing concerns have arisen regarding "all" life on the planet. Indeed, one of our most urgent conditions is the decline of the environment upon which all life depends. Yet, despite our concerns, there remain vastly differing…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Social Studies, Simulation
Yetisensoy, Okan; Rapoport, Anatoli – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2023
The increasing role of artificial intelligence (AI) in daily life has led to the emergence of numerous skill sets associated with AI. AI literacy, which is becoming an important citizenship competence, has become a skill that has gained importance in recent years. It is thought that the aim of social studies to prepare students as active citizens…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Multiple Literacies, Social Studies, Relationship
Amy Allen – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2023
In this article, the author describes one way to teach about religion in elementary school social studies using the C3 Framework IDM model. The compelling question that guides the lesson focuses specifically on whether Judaism is a race, religion, or ethnicity. Each compelling and supporting question in the lesson is connected to one or more…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Elementary Schools, Religion Studies, Judaism
An, Song A.; Cashman, Timothy G.; Tillman, Daniel – Journal of International Social Studies, 2022
This research study focuses on preservice teachers' (n=66) inspection of pedagogical connections between geography and geometrical reasoning. The aim of this study was to empirically investigate the use of mathematical analysis to enrich the social studies topics of the distortion of country sizes on the world map. The analysis of data collected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Geography, Teaching Methods, Geometric Concepts
Yaniafari, Rahmati Putri; Rihardini, Ajeng Ayu; Wiradimadja, Agung – Asian Journal of University Education, 2021
English has emerged as the language of scientific communication (Björkman, 2011; Jenkins, 2006). Given the significance of English, in addition to ESP courses that have been incorporated in university curriculum, the CLIL method can be one of the choices for improving students' English mastery. Before implementing CLIL and creating the necessary…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Ali Yalçin; Selma Güleç – Journal of Inquiry Based Activities, 2024
The activity-based social studies teaching is a learning process which applies activities prepared according to knowledge, skills, values and achievements and makes students actively participate. One of the most important goals of the social studies course is the activity-based teaching process, which is one of the ways to raise effective,…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Social Environment, Grade 5, Secondary School Students
Nadia Delanoy; Jasmine El-Hacha; Monica Miller; Barbara Brown – Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2024
In this design-based study, a flipped learning approach using audio-visual resources as prelearning activities was examined in grades 6, 7, and 9 with four teachers and 65 students over one school year. The purpose of this study was to explore the implementation of a technology-enhanced pedagogy in science, math, and social studies. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Flipped Classroom, Audiovisual Aids, Learning Activities
Gurung, Ganga B. – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2023
This paper presents the impact of student generated representations on students in three secondary schools in Nepal. Qualitative data were obtained from semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions and a classroom observation. Students, teachers and school principals were the research participants of this study. The findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Peer Teaching
Halil Tas; Muhammet Baki Minaz – SAGE Open, 2024
Today, individuals should adapt themselves to the rapidly changing and developing information age and have learning skills. It is only possible by adopting new approaches and strategies instead of traditional teaching methods and techniques. Different learning and teaching approaches are characterized by various methods and designs, such as…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learning Modalities, Learning Activities, Academic Achievement
Bacon, Stephanie; Liu, Leping – International Journal of Technology in Teaching and Learning, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced teaching and learning in dramatic ways. Educators have made significant efforts to facilitate learning in dynamically changing formats, and students have experienced a very difficult time to learn in non-traditional environments and settings. This study focuses on participation rates of 5th grade students on a…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, COVID-19
Brandon L. Gilbert – Childhood Education, 2024
This article describes a project-based social studies activity that gave young children the autonomy to photograph what they wanted within the classroom environment while interacting with peers. Social studies learning in the early years has great potential to offer active, playful, and meaningful experiences for children and can prepare young…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Preschool Education, Photography, Preschool Children
Ronald V. Morris; Denise Shockley – Childhood Education, 2024
Educators seek to foster civic engagement among the next generation through social studies. In pursuit of this goal, technology and social media strategies can be effective enticements. This article describes the community engagement demonstrated by students collaborating to present a weekly school news broadcast, making the transition from…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Programming (Broadcast), Television, News Reporting
Akay, Elif – World Journal of Education, 2020
The Social Studies course, as part of the curriculum starting with primary school, aims to improve the social adaptation skills of students. Cooperative learning reinforces these skills by providing students with active involvement opportunities to set common goals in small heterogeneous groups. This case study investigates the implementation of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Learning Processes, Students with Disabilities, Hearing Impairments
Nafisah, Durrotun; Setyowati, Dewi L.; Banowati, Eva; Priyanto, Agustinus S.; Hamid, Nur – Pegem Journal of Education and Instruction, 2022
Social studies learning is expected to integrate environmental education, in accordance with the objectives of social studies learning to improve students' thinking skills, social problem solving skills and care for the environment In fact, social studies teachers were found to have not utilized the physical or social environment as a source of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Social Studies, Pollution, Climate