Review Of "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human",
2018
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Review Of "Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human", Jennifer Rehg
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Grooming Tomorrow’S Advocates: Preparing Elementary Social Studies Teachers Today,
2018
Elizabethtown College
Grooming Tomorrow’S Advocates: Preparing Elementary Social Studies Teachers Today, Rachel Finley-Bowman
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
The effects of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) upon teaching and learning social studies at the elementary level are already well known. In light of the discipline’s increasing marginalization in the schools, the methods used to prepare elementary educators for teaching social studies and developing professional advocacy must be reexamined. This article, with reference to relevant scholarship, discusses eight key strategies to promote more effective teacher preparation, including a pledge of advocacy, meaningful pedagogy, pre-service professional development, knowledge of curriculum standards, content expertise, curriculum integration, significant field experience before student teaching, and reevaluation of NCLB.
Power, Politics And Pedagogy: Teaching About Law As A Structure Of Inequality,
2018
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Power, Politics And Pedagogy: Teaching About Law As A Structure Of Inequality, Matthew Petrocelli, Erin Heil, Trish Oberweis
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
The purpose of this article is to explore ways to integrate into the classroom the Marxist perspective of law. The paper discusses ways to apply the tenets of Marxism to areas of contemporary social debate; namely, the economic, racial, and gender inequalities of the American legal system and the institution of university speech codes for the purpose of exploring these issues in the classroom, particularly with regard to legal apparatuses as tools of oppression.
Review Of "Education And The Cold War: The Battle For The American School",
2018
Schaumburg High School
Review Of "Education And The Cold War: The Battle For The American School", Mary Lopez
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Differing Voices: Stories Of The Holocaust From Various Perspectives A Lesson Plan And Personal Memorial,
2018
Highcrest Middle School
Differing Voices: Stories Of The Holocaust From Various Perspectives A Lesson Plan And Personal Memorial, Lauren Seghi
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to analyze varying perspectives of the Holocaust. The students will come to understand that the racism and discrimination of the Nazis extended past the Jewish population during the Holocaust. In fact, they will learn that it affected groups such as Polish Catholics, prisoners of war, and the handicapped as well. This will be done by the analysis of photographs, maps and graphs as well as the students' reading and discussion of Holocaust memoirs written by three separate individuals with different.
Review Of "The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberty And Commons For All",
2018
Hononegah Community High School
Review Of "The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberty And Commons For All", James Sabathne
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of "The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle With Stephen Douglas For The Heart And Soul Of America",
2018
Edwardsville High School
Review Of "The Long Pursuit: Abraham Lincoln's Thirty-Year Struggle With Stephen Douglas For The Heart And Soul Of America", Jon Parkin
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
No abstract provided.
Review Of "On Deep History And The Brain",
2018
Hononegah Community High School
Review Of "On Deep History And The Brain", James Sabathne
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
No abstract provided.
A Virtual Tour Of Shiloh,
2018
Delta State University
A Virtual Tour Of Shiloh, Lindon Ratliff
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
In this article the author discusses a virtual field trip lesson created to assist his high school history students. By using pictures, videos hosted via youtube, and actual battlefield artifacts, the teacher was allowed to better explore the history surrounding the Civil War battle.
Learning With Lincoln: A Teacher Institute Highlighting Abraham Lincoln,
2018
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Learning With Lincoln: A Teacher Institute Highlighting Abraham Lincoln, Amy Wilkinson
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is one of many educational consortiums that house a national grant program, The Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS), formerly Adventure of the American Mind. The SIUE TPS program began serving K-12 educators in 2002 by offering various professional development opportunities to promote the use of digital primary source collections found at the Library of Congress Web site. This article will offer information and resources about a professional development initiative which highlights President Abraham Lincoln using the digital collections found at the Library of Congress Web site.
The Enemy Within (The Ivory Tower): How Conservatives Came To Despise The Academy,
2018
Illinois State University
The Enemy Within (The Ivory Tower): How Conservatives Came To Despise The Academy, Andrew Hartman
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
This article gives historical perspective to the recent phenomenon of conservative opposition to the academic liberal arts, demonstrating how anti-relativism shifted from an elitist position to a conservative-populist one.
The Transnational Turn And Trickle Down Disturbances,
2018
University of Illinois at Chicago
The Transnational Turn And Trickle Down Disturbances, Tim Lacy
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
This is an extended review/review essay of *America on the World Stage*. It begins by briefly analyzing the historiography and theoretical background of the "Transnational Turn." The piece then moves to the book, providing the nuts and bolts, positives, and negatives. I conclude with some larger philosophical issues and suggestions for improvement.
How Can We Teach “Western Civilization” If It Doesn’T Exist? Rethinking The European History Survey Model,
2018
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
How Can We Teach “Western Civilization” If It Doesn’T Exist? Rethinking The European History Survey Model, Jennifer Miller
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
Teaching "Western Civilization" survey courses presents a dilemma to teachers and scholars who find themselves teaching with models, categories, and narratives that they would not only not use in their research, but also actively counter with their research. This article proposes that bringing our research into the classroom means fundamentally rethinking how we teach survey courses, from their conceptualization to the sources used.
Enrollment And Disenrollment In Voluntary Prekindergarten: A Study Of Educational Leaders’ Decision-Making,
2018
University of South Florida
Enrollment And Disenrollment In Voluntary Prekindergarten: A Study Of Educational Leaders’ Decision-Making, Angela Cherie Passero Jones
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This qualitative case study focused on how school leaders’ understandings of (dis)ability were implicated in decision-making and affected student (dis)enrollment in Florida’s Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (VPK). More specifically it explored how leaders in private VPK programs invoked conceptions of normality, and subsequently abnormality, during decision-making processes for student (dis)enrollment. Combining a critical poststructuralist approach (critical disability studies, critical policy analysis), decision-making on (dis)enrollment was contextualized within the current policy ecology. This policy ecology was framed as an historical development of policies regarding preschool for children with and without disabilities in a marketplace shaped by the convergence of federal, state, and …
Stem Storytelling: Using Picture Books To Integrate Mathematics - "Dare To Tinker",
2018
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Stem Storytelling: Using Picture Books To Integrate Mathematics - "Dare To Tinker", Lindsey Herlehy, Karen Togliatti
Publications & Research
This series of activities invites students to engage in a design challenge that elicits mathematical and scientific thinking. In the first activity, the picture book The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires will be used as a catalyst to discuss the engineering design process as experienced by the protagonist, a little girl. Suggested questioning techniques and inferential reasoning strategies will focus on the trials and tribulations, frustrations, and successes achieved by the little girl. Additionally, discussion prompts are included to provide students an opportunity to reflect on the little girl as a mathematician and scientist as she takes action and …
The Effect Of Classroom Context On Head Start Teacher Feedback,
2018
Western Kentucky University
The Effect Of Classroom Context On Head Start Teacher Feedback, Jasmine Renee Ernst
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS, LaParo, Pianta, & Stuhlman, 2004) assesses quality of teacher social and instructional interactions with children, and classroom management and productivity. Prior research indicated low quality of feedback scores in programs serving low-income children (Early et al., 2005). The purpose of this study was to compare the quantity and quality of managing interaction utterances (i.e. a type of feedback) provided by Head Start teachers (N = 8) in two classroom contexts. Video-recorded book-reading and 20-minute center-time sessions in the fall and spring of a school year were used to assess managing interaction utterances in structured …
Teaching For Deep Learning In A Second Grade Literacy Classroom,
2018
University of Dayton
Teaching For Deep Learning In A Second Grade Literacy Classroom, Treavor Bogard, Annamary L. Consalvo, Jo Worthy
Teacher Education Faculty Publications
From a New Literacies Studies (NLS) perspective, deep learning involves the acquisition of social and cultural competencies valued within a disciplinary community, not merely propositional displays of what one knows. Drawn from a year-long qualitative inquiry, this case study examines how one exemplary second-grade literacy teacher taught toward deep learning, using a pedagogy of multiliteracies (New London Group, 1996). Selected episodes of instruction were analyzed in two phases. Initially, data were examined for evidence of three main competency sets of deep learning--cognitive, inter-personal, and intra-personal (National Research Council, 2012). In the latter phase, analysis focused on the teacher’s pedagogical stances …
Learning To Teach: Observing And Reflecting,
2018
Bank Street College of Education Graduate School
Learning To Teach: Observing And Reflecting, Nancy Nager
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
This video series, “Learning to Teach,” provides a platform for professional development in early childhood education. It introduces viewers to compelling early childhood classroom footage accompanied by facilitated discussions about observations and teaching practices. You will get a hands-on look at how beginning teachers learn to closely observe children and engage in reflective conversations about children, materials, the classroom environment and themselves.
Linguistic Interactions Of Spanish Speaking Mexican American Families,
2018
National Louis University
Linguistic Interactions Of Spanish Speaking Mexican American Families, Adelfio J. Garcia
Dissertations
This study explored the bilingual linguistic interactions in Mexican families and their impact on children’s language and literacy development. This qualitative study gathered data using different methods, namely, interviews, direct observations, participant observation, and physical artifacts to examine parents’ perceptions of their own educational path in comparison to their children’s educational path in an American school system, together with their daily linguistic interactions in various social contexts, and the features, themes and roles of linguistic interactions participants. Study results assisted in gaining deeper understanding of daily conversations happening in different social contexts and their impact on the language and literacy …
Using Argument-Based Science Inquiry To Improve Science Achievement For Students With Disabilities In Inclusive Classrooms,
2018
Pennsylvania State University
Using Argument-Based Science Inquiry To Improve Science Achievement For Students With Disabilities In Inclusive Classrooms, Jonte C. Taylor, Ching-Mei Tseng, Angelique Murillo, William Therrien, Brian Hand
Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities have long lagged behind their non-disabled peers when it comes to science achievement. The increased emphasis on STEM related careers and the use of science in everyday life makes learning science content and concepts critical for all students especially for those with disabilities. As suggested by the National Resource Council (2012), more emphasis is being placed on being able to critically think about science concepts in and outside of the classroom. Additionally, the Next Generation Science Standards are asking teachers and students to better understand how science is connected to the everyday world through the use of …
