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The Effect of Digital Storytelling Activities Used in a Social Studies Course on Student Engagement and Motivation

Educational Technology and the New World of Persistent Learning, 2019
The aim of this chapter is to investigate the effect of digital storytelling activities used in the Social Studies course on student engagement and motivation. To this end, a quasi-experimental pattern with pre-test and post-test control group design was
Mustafa Saritepeci, Hasan Çakır
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Gamification in Social Studies Courses

2022
In the transfer of information, concepts, skills and values in the content of social studies curricula, direct expression or indoctrination methods are often used. Considering the importance of enriching educational environments with different methods, techniques and materials, it is thought that gamification can be an alternative method in teaching ...
AK, Mert Mustafa, ORUÇ, Şahin
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Pathways to Social Exclusion--A Life-Course Study

European Sociological Review, 2010
The article analyses how living conditions during childhood and adolescence structure socio-economic circumstances in midlife. The data are drawn from a new longitudinal Swedish data set—the Stockholm Birth Cohort Study—in which we can follow 14,294 individuals from birth (1953) to the age of 48 (2001). The analysis proceeds in three steps.
O. Backman, A. Nilsson
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Writing Oneself Into the Curriculum: Photovoice Journaling in a Secondary Ethnic Studies Course

, 2020
The writing of transnational youth has continued to emerge as a promising area of research in writing and literacy studies, and yet despite the breadth of this work, few studies have examined transnational students’ writing about social and racial ...
Cati V. de los Ríos
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Examining pre-service teachers’ preparedness and perceptions about teaching controversial issues in social studies

The Journal of Social Studies Research, 2020
This study explored pre-service teachers’ (N = 37) perceptions about teaching controversial global and local topics. Additionally, it examined participants’ level of preparedness, motivation and perceived hindrances to teaching controversial issues.
Lydiah Nganga, A. Roberts, John Kambutu, Joanie James   +3 more
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Teaching for Sustainability in a Social Studies Methods Course: Opportunities and Challenges

Social Studies Research and Practice, 2015
The teaching of environmental sustainability was explored in five sections of an elementary social studies methods course with pre-service teachers. Using surveys and structured discussions, we identified pre-service teachers’ beliefs about environmental
L. Buchanan, Elizabeth O. Crawford
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The East Orange Course in Social Studies

The Elementary School Journal, 1929
The increasing prevalence of so-called "social-science courses" in spite of the difficulties of untrained teachers, inadequate and illadapted material, and prejudice in favor of "things as they are" is very surprising. No proverbial snowball has grown faster.
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AN ELECTIVE SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE ABOUT WORLD RELIGIONS∗

Religious Education, 1978
∗Reprinted from Teaching about Religion in Public Schools, ed. Nicholas Pied‐iscalzi and William E. Collie. (c) 1977 Argus Publications. Used with permission from Argus Publications, Niles, Illinois.
Lee H. Smith, Wesley J. Bodin
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Museum Visits in Social Studies: The Role of a Methods Course

Social Studies Research and Practice, 2014
Museum visits provide opportunities for students to learn content in engaging and interactive ways. In social studies, museums may be spaces where students can increase their historical and civic understanding through exposure to artifacts and narratives
Jennifer Cutsforth Kaschak
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Opinions of Social Studies Teachers on Social Studies Course Misconceptions in the Literature

2021
Bu araştırmanın amacı sosyal bilgiler öğretmenlerinin literatürdeki sosyal bilgiler dersi kavram yanılgılarına ilişkin görüşlerini ortaya koymaktadır. Nitel araştırma yöntemi ile yapılan bu araştırmada nitel araştırma desenlerinden olgu-bilim deseni kullanılmıştır.
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