Title

The De-Emphasis On Social Studies In Elementary Schools: Teacher Candidate Perspective

Abstract

The de-valuing of social studies is becoming prevalent as schools shift emphasis to other subjects addressing national and state accountability. The teacher candidate perspective is presented from an original study regarding the de-emphasis of social studies in elementary schools (Rock, Heafner, O'Connor, Passe, Oldendorf, Good, & Byrd, 2006). Teacher candidates gathered data during their clinical experiences, from five teacher preparation programs in North Carolina. Teacher candidates recognized difficulty in finding instructional time for the entire curriculum, conveyed social studies is de-valued in the elementary curriculum, stated integration is important to social studies instruction, and recognized it is their responsibility social studies is taught. Keywords: social studies, elementary, teacher preparation, marginalization, instructional time, integration, social studies instruction.

Publication Date

11-30-2010

Publication Title

Current Issues in Education

Volume

13

Issue

4

Number of Pages

1-22

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

78649363361 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/78649363361

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