Introduction Lesson on Social Studies
Homework due on Wednesday, 9/14 :Read Learning to Implement Social Interactive Model of teaching
Class Notes:
Origins of Social Studies:
- History has dominated the discipline
- Lectures & discussions are primary teaching devices
- Occasional audio visual aids & field trips
- HW assigned from textbooks
- Elementary
- Small group & independent work
- Manipulatives, films, TV, Computers
- Integrated approaches
Social studies: A body of integrative knowledge, concepts, skills, generalizations & theories in the SS fields (history, economics, geography, citizenship, etc.)
Social Studies Powerful Elements: 5 Principles of Effective Teaching
- Meaningful: Engaging, connects students with real-world situations
- Integrative: Draws on more than one discipline, subject or skill set
- Value-Based: Strengthens students' sense of democratic values & social responsibility
- Challenging: Incorporates different perspectives & draws on students' critical-thinking skills
- Active: Participatory, makes use of manipulatives or physical environment
How do people learn? What is learning?
Percentage of what we learn is retained in memory:
- When we read: 10%\
- When we see: 30%
- When they see & hear: 20%
- When we discuss: 50%
- When they DO things: 95%
- When they teach others: 90%
Structure of Knowledge (Jerome Bruner)
Meta-cognition: Being able to explain your thinking or problem solving. This is thinking about your thinking. It is the highest level of knowledge.
Generalizations: (Creating principles/ theories)
Concepts
Facts: Memorization
Educational Philosophies
Re-construction: Understanding about today's world/ cultural issues/ based on current events (social- cognitive)
Existentialism: Focus on the emotions & personality of the whole child (learning styles, MI, brain)
Progressivism: Students learning through DOING/ building meaning themselves (constructivist/cognitive)
Perennialism/Essentialism: Students learning about the world through the best classic books
(Behaviorist theory)
Models, Strategies, & Methods
MODELS (philosophical approaches):
Personal: Helping students w/ their self identity, self esteem, & giving students individual projects to find themselves & their uniqueness
Social Interactive: Aiding the students in interacting w/ the content & each other
Information Processing: Equipping students to find info, process it, explain it, or reflect on it. This can be done through inquiry, problem-solving etc.
Behavioral: To change students behavior (stimulus-> response)
STRATEGIES:
INDIRECT/ Individual: Showing individuality through their own projects, student-centered
INDIRECT/ Interactive: Interacting & learning through others, student-centered
INDIRECT/ Cognitive: Learning through explaining & exploring, student-centered
DIRECT: Strategy, teacher-centered
METHODS (Literal ways to reach the goals):
INDIRECT/ Individual: Projects
INDIRECT/ Interactive: Discussion, role play, jigsaw
INDIRECT/ Cognitive: Graphic organizers
DIRECT: Demonstration, Guided Practice, Lecture, Lower order questions (yes/or no convergent questions/factual questions), Homework assignments, exercises from the textbook (TASK= Reach mastery)
Learning-Planning-Teaching
Creative Thinking Evaluation/ Synthesis
Analysis
Application/ Comprehension
Knowledge
Instruction
Personal/Independent Study/ Experiential
Social-Interactive
Information-processing/ Indirect-Cognitive
Behavioral/Direct
Assessment
Summative/Authentic Projects, E-folios, self-evaluation, journals
Peer review, group processing
Formative/ Graphic organizers, research papers
Goal: A general statement/ bigger picture/bigger idea of what students want to achieve by the end of the plan. This is something general written for an extended period of time.
What are Building Blocks/ Components of Objectives?
BEHAVIOR ---------- CONDITION----------CRITERION
Given a graphic organizer on the topic of explorers, the student will list & insert 8/10 terms correct.
*Write your objective during your closure or independent practice*
Unit Plan Design
Direct (Explain/Lecture)----Indirect (Cognitive/Inquiry)---Indirect (Social)---Indirect (Personal)
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