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Teacher Support For Virtual Instruction In The Social Studies Classroom, Lindsay Weirich May 2024

Teacher Support For Virtual Instruction In The Social Studies Classroom, Lindsay Weirich

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research study focuses on providing professional development for teachers using virtual reality in secondary social studies classrooms. Literature surrounding virtual reality for education focuses on the effects of virtual reality on student motivation and engagement. However, there are no current studies available to help instructional coaches or academic leaders provide adequate professional development for their staff on this topic. The purpose of this mixed-methods exploratory case study is to design a professional development founded on best practices in VR and instructional coaching to help support social studies teachers integrate VR in the classroom. Research questions include: 1) How do …


Questioning As A Civic Act: An Examination Of How Social Studies Teachers Define, Develop, And Cultivate Questions For Inquiry, Rebecca Glasgow Williams Mueller Jan 2016

Questioning As A Civic Act: An Examination Of How Social Studies Teachers Define, Develop, And Cultivate Questions For Inquiry, Rebecca Glasgow Williams Mueller

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

The present qualitative study used socio-cultural theory (Wertsch, 1998), pedagogical content knowledge (Shulman, 1987), and reflective practice (Schön, 1983) to examine how social studies teachers define and develop inquiry questions. Existing literature reflects a long tradition of equating inquiry with high quality social studies instruction (e.g., Barton & Levstik, 2004; Bruner, 1977; Griffin, 1942) and arguing that successful inquiry hinges on an engaging question (Barton & Levstik, 2004; Grant, 2003), but relatively little attention has been paid to how teachers characterize and develop questions for use with inquiry (Grant & Gradwell, 2010). The main research question was: How do high …


Practitioner's Guide To Technology, Pedagogy, And Content Knowledge (Tpack): Rich Media Cases Of Teacher Knowledge, Mark J. Hofer, Lynn Bell, Glen L. Bull, Robert Q. Barry, Iii, Jonathan D. Cohen, Nancee Garcia, Marshall A. George, Judi Harris, Albert ("Bert") Henry Jacoby, Iii, Raina Kim, William Kjellstrom, Matthew J. Koehler, John K. Lee, Lori Mann, Punya Mishra, Yash Patel, Melanie Shoffner, David A. Slykhuis, Marilyn Elaine Strutchens, Andrea L. Zellner Jan 2015

Practitioner's Guide To Technology, Pedagogy, And Content Knowledge (Tpack): Rich Media Cases Of Teacher Knowledge, Mark J. Hofer, Lynn Bell, Glen L. Bull, Robert Q. Barry, Iii, Jonathan D. Cohen, Nancee Garcia, Marshall A. George, Judi Harris, Albert ("Bert") Henry Jacoby, Iii, Raina Kim, William Kjellstrom, Matthew J. Koehler, John K. Lee, Lori Mann, Punya Mishra, Yash Patel, Melanie Shoffner, David A. Slykhuis, Marilyn Elaine Strutchens, Andrea L. Zellner

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The goal of the TPACK Practitioners Guide is simple--to offer exemplary cases of technology integration efforts that result in curriculum-based student learning in each of the following nine content areas and grade level contexts: Elementary Science, Elementary Math, Elementary Social Studies, Elementary Reading, Middle School Language Arts, Secondary Science, Secondary Math, Secondary Social Studies, and, Secondary English.


“Taking The Stairs” To Break The Ceiling: Understanding Students’ Conceptions Of The Intersections Of Historical Agency, Gender Equity, And Action, Lauren M. Colley Jan 2015

“Taking The Stairs” To Break The Ceiling: Understanding Students’ Conceptions Of The Intersections Of Historical Agency, Gender Equity, And Action, Lauren M. Colley

Theses and Dissertations--Education Sciences

The present quasi-naturalistic study used socio-cultural theory (Wertsch, 1998), picture theory (Mitchell, 1994) and the use of historical agency as a second-order concept (Lee & Ashby, 2000; Seixas & Morton, 2013) as a way of examining the historical thinking of high school seniors as they investigated second-wave feminism. Existing literature reflects the ways in which students understand historical agency (Barton, 1997; Winter, 2001; Peck, Poyntz, & Seixas, 2011), but has yet to examine its use as a conceptual tool to dissect controversial issues in history, such as feminism. The main research question was: in what ways do high school seniors …


The Development Of Secondary Social Studies Content In The Public Schools Of Utah From 1847-1967, George O. Rampton May 1969

The Development Of Secondary Social Studies Content In The Public Schools Of Utah From 1847-1967, George O. Rampton

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study was to trace the development of the content of the disciplines in the social studies curriculum in the public secondary schools of Utah from 1847 to 1967. The factors considered in dealing with the development of the social studies curriculum were: textbooks, courses of study, and associated teacher materials used by the students in the public secondary schools of the Utah territory and state. The school subjects within the social studies curriculum included: history, geography, civics, economics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology. These school subjects were examined chronologically for the period, 1847-1967, to determine events that …