EDUC 454 Social Studies Methods
Curriculum construction, design, and study of special methods for teaching 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 relation to national, state, and local curriculum standards. Emphasizes critical thinking strategies, formal an informal assessment 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.