Constructivism and the New Social Studies: A Collection of Classic Inquiry Lessons

Author:   Geoffrey Scheurman ,  Ronald W. Evans
Publisher:   Information Age Publishing
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9781641132947


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   30 July 2018
Format:   Paperback
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The New Social Studies refers to a flurry of academic and commercial activity during the 1960s and 1970s that resulted in the mass development and dissemination of revolutionary classroom materials and teacher resources. In science as well as social studies, a spirit of “inquiry-based teaching” filled the air during this time, resulting in the development of curricula that were both pedagogically innovative and intellectually rigorous. Constructivism and the New Social Studies contains a collection of classic lessons from some of the most successful projects of the era, providing a resource of exceptional ideas and materials that have stood the test of time. These revealing artifacts are presented with commentaries from some of the original directors of major projects, including Edwin Fenton, Barry Beyer, and Suzanne Helburn. In addition to American and World History, groundbreaking lessons are represented in Economics, Government, Sociology, and Geography, including the Public Issues Series (Fred Newann), The Amherst History Project (Richard Brown and Geoffrey Scheurman) and Teaching American History: The Quest for Relevancy (Allan Kownslar, Gerald Ponder, and Geneva Gay), and Man: A Course of Study (Peter Dow). With a Foreword by Jerome Bruner, the volume not only provides a resource of exceptional curriculum ideas and actual materials, it also builds a lucid bridge between the theoretical ideas of constructivism and the pedagogical principles of inquiry learning. With over 50 years of expertise from curriculum history and social studies pedagogy, the editors make the case that “guided inquiry” as presented in these projects was constructivist by design, offering a range of instructional methods that begin with questions rather than answers and considers progress in terms of the development of analytical skills and experimental habits of mind rather than the mere acquisition of knowledge. Projects developed during the New Social Studies serve as both an interesting historical archive of powerful curricular innovations as well as a treasure trove of actual lessons and materials still useful in social studies classrooms striving to become more constructivist. The lessons and other materials we chose should be relevant if you are an historian, researcher, theorist, or teacher of any subject, but it will be especially significant if you are interested in the nature of social, civic, or historical literacy in America, including how to teach for authentic achievement in those areas.

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Author:   Geoffrey Scheurman ,  Ronald W. Evans
Publisher:   Information Age Publishing
Imprint:   Information Age Publishing
Weight:   0.525kg
ISBN:  

9781641132947


ISBN 10:   1641132949
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   30 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Note, Karen L. Riley. Foreword: The Transformation of Social Psychology, Jerome Bruner. Preface and Acknowledgements, Geoff Scheurman and Ronald W. Evans. Part I: Foundations In Theory And Practice. Evanescence and Permanence: The Future of Social Studies in the Rearview Mirror, Geoffrey Scheurman. Old, New, and Newer: Historical Context of the New Social Studies, Ronald W. Evans. Inquiry as Thinking Process and Teaching Practice, Barry K. Beyer. Inquiry as Discipline Process and Curriculum Guide, Edwin Fenton. From Behaviorist to Constructivist Teaching and Revisiting Lexington Green, Geoffrey Scheurman. Part II: Lessons For Teaching History. An Introduction to the Study of History, Edwin Fenton. History as an Incomplete Story, Allan O. Kownslar. What Can Be Done With Myths? Gerald A. Porter and Geneva Gay. The American Revolution: Crisis of Law and Change, Fred M. Newmann. The Amherst Approach to Inquiry Learning, Richard H. Brown. Hiroshima: A Model and Template for Creating Document-Based Inquiry, Geoffrey Scheurman (with Stephen Parliament). Part III: Lessons For Teaching The Social Sciences. American Political Behavior, Howard D. Mehlinger. The Great “Game of Farming” Revisited, Nicholas Helburn and Jack Zevin. The Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns and Population: The Survival of Man, Suzanne Helburn. Sociological Resources for the Social Studies: A Blast from the Past, Thomas J. Switzer. Too Hot to Handle: Lessons from Man: A Course of Study, Peter B. Dow. Afterword: Renaissance of Social Studies: Looking Forward, Stephen Parliament.

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Ron Evans is a leading authority on social studies and curriculum history. His book The Social Studies Wars was named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2004 by Choice Magazine. His biography of controversial progressive educator Harold O. Rugg, This Happened in America, won the 2008 Exemplary Research Award from the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). His book The Hope for American School Reform, on the origins and development of the new social studies of the 1960s, also won the Exemplary Research Award from NCSS (2011). He founded the Issues Centered Education Community of NCSS in 1988. Currently, he is a professor in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. He lives in the San Diego area with his wife, two children, and a cat.

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