TY - BOOK AU - DuPlass,James A. TI - The essence of teaching social studies: methods for secondary and elementary teacher candidates SN - 9780367363819 AV - H62.5.U5 D86 2021 U1 - 300.712 DUP 23 PY - 2021/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group KW - Social sciences KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Elementary) KW - Social science teachers KW - Training of N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Professor's Preface; Students' Introduction; Part I: Social Studies Education; 1 Definitions & Propositions; 2 The Idea of a Social Studies Education; 3 Perspectives on Being a Teacher of Social Studies; 4 Ideology; 5 Wisdom & Knowledge; 6 Psychology of Learning; 7 Concept Formation, Examples, Analogies, & Graphic Organizers; 8 Critical Thinking & the NCSS C3 Framework; 9 Morality & Modernity; 10 Character Education & Philosophical Counseling ; Part II: Schools, Curriculum, & Standards; 11 Curriculum & Standards; 12 Social Studies Education & the NCSS; 13 Civics Education; 14 History Education; 15 Economics Education; 16 Geography Education; 17 Elementary Grades Social Studies & the Social Sciences; 18 Current Events & Controversial Issues; Part 3 Best Practices in Social Student Education; 19 Classroom Culture, Communication, & Management; 20 Textbooks & Planning Instruction; 21 Daily Lesson Plans; 22 Lecture; 23 Group Learning; 24 Discussions; 25 Questioning & Debriefings; 26 Modeling, Practice, & Homework; 27 Literacy & Reading; 28 Reading Social Studies & Vocabulary; 29 Writing ; 30 Six Activities-Based Strategies; 31 Accommodations, Differentiated Instruction, & Assessment; 32 Technology, Video, & Ancillaries N2 - "Designed for use in elementary and secondary social studies education courses, this book supports the teaching of social studies methods in a range of educational settings. By highlighting long-standing content and principles of social studies education in a concise and direct way, this volume offers the building blocks of a comprehensive course, for use as springboards to the effective presentation of professors' desired course emphases. With sections on foundations, subject areas, and best practices, this text explains the intersection between the 'modelling' role of social studies teachers as democratic citizens, social studies fields of study, and strategies implemented in the classroom to encourage students' critical thinking and values formation"-- ER -