Teaching High School Social Studies

Catalog description

with a grade of C or better Corequisites: EDU 4010 and EDU 3120 This course will serve as a pedagogical methods course for teacher-candidates prior to the start of their 16-week student-teaching practicum. This course will also serve as a pedagogical methods course for history majors (especially those wishing to pursue careers as history professors) who desire to learn methods of teaching outside of direct instruction (lecture). Furthermore, this course will address issues teachers of high school social studies face when dealing with such societal issues as tackling inherent discriminations that exist in the teaching of social studies topics and finding ways to teach social studies in any learning environment that faces depleted financial and educational resources.