Case History of a Methods Course: Teaching and Learning History in a "Rubber Room"

Autor/in	Slekar, Timothy D.
Titel	Case History of a Methods Course: Teaching and Learning History in a "Rubber Room"
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 96 (2005) 6, S.237-240 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teacher Education; Social Studies; Methods Courses; Course Content; Preservice Teachers; Teacher Educators; United States History + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Gemeinschaftskunde; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Kursprogramm; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	In K-6 teacher education programs, a host of content methods classes make up a large portion of the preservice teacher's course load. One of those is the social studies methods course. The course helps students develop pedagogical understanding in the social studies. However, as most engaged in methods course instruction can attest, preservice teachers have a rather negative view of the social studies, particularly of history. This article describes a 15-week course designed by the author to help preservice teachers make sense of their earlier experience with and observations of social studies teaching, wrestle with the idea that school history content is more like heritage and therefore a story of national pride, and expose them to alternative American history topics that they have a chance of encountering in the elementary classroom. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10