Title

Teaching Social Studies In The 21St Century: A Research Study Of Secondary Social Studies Teachers' Instructional Methods And Practices

Abstract

Social studies students are inundated with pedagogy in which exposure to factual information is overwhelmingly the paramount means to success. Students are often encouraged to regurgitate facts as a means to demonstrate academic understanding. Passive learning dominates social studies curriculum despite the abundance of research calling for engaged learning. Therefore, the major purpose of this study, as based on a survey research method, was to examine what methods and practices teachers use to teach social studies in the 21st century. In sum, 281 secondary social studies teachers from across the United States completed a 35-question Likert-style survey regarding their teaching practices. Provisional conclusions are reached and discussed.

Publication Date

4-1-2010

Publication Title

Action in Teacher Education

Volume

32

Issue

1

Number of Pages

65-72

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/01626620.2010.10463543

Socpus ID

84890054537 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84890054537

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