Methods of Teaching Secondary School Social Studies

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Principles and methods of teaching social studies in secondary schools. Studentswill see these principles and methods in use in as part of their 10 hoursof fieldwork experience. Topics include: lesson planning, classroom management,co-operative learning, questioning, remediation, enrichment, motivation,assigning homework, testing and assessment, reading in socialstudies, writing and note taking in social studies, problem solving, an overviewof the secondary school curriculum in social studies, the use of technologyin the secondary school curriculum, teaching methodology for studentswith special needs, methodology used for students learning English asa second language, literacy in the social science area classroom. Includes 30hours of fieldwork.