EDUC 464 Middle Childhood Social Studies Methods
Curriculum construction, design and study of methods for teaching middle grades social studies in a variety of locations and cultural settings. Methodology and strategies for selecting, integrating and translating knowledge of social science disciplines for instruction in a relation to national, state and local curriculum standards. Emphasizes critical thinking strategies, formal and informal assessment of strategies, the interrelationship of disciplines and the multi- cultural aspects of social studies teaching. This is a clinical course requiring 30 hours of field experience in a content classroom under the supervision of the course instructor and a licensed classroom teacher.