EDUC 459 - Methods for Social Studies Instruction Grades 6-12

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Admission into the Teacher Education Program for licensure in middle school or secondary Social Studies teaching.
Corequisites: EDUC 449.
This course is designed to help teacher candidates become inquiring, analytical, and reflective middle/secondary social studies educators. It provides a foundation for instructional design and teaching methods at the middle school and high school levels. The course will highlight an interactive, inquiry-based approach to teaching social studies content to adolescents that is based on current theory and research in social studies education. Participation in this course will help candidates design and successfully implement developmentally appropriate social studies instruction and prepare them to be skillful teachers of the social studies content in middle/high school settings.