Teaching social studies that matters : curriculum for active learning /
No plan to increase achievement and enact reform in the social studies classroom will succeed without recognizing the central importance of the teacher as the "gatekeeper" of instruction. In this book, Thornton details why teachers must develop strong skills in curriculum planning and teac...
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New York :
Teachers College Press,
©2005.
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Table of Contents:
- Making social studies matter
- Why gatekeeping matters more than curriculum change
- How has the social studies curriculum been organized?
- Aims must matter
- Toward a balanced and flexible curriculum
- Methods
- Educating the educators
- Enactment of curriculum that matters.