Instructional Strategies For Middle And Secondary Social Studies Paperback

India

Bruce E. Larson

nstructional Strategies for Middle and Secondary Social Studies is an exciting methods-based text that integrates appropriate management and assessment techniques with seven distinct teaching strategies. Writing explicitly for pre-service social studies teachers, veteran teacher educators Bruce E. Larson and Timothy A. Keiper offer detailed descriptions of a range of teaching techniques, from lectures to role plays to student-directed investigations. It provides a practical guide for considering when to use what strategy, how to determine that students meet learning objectives with a particular strategy, and how to keep the learning environment positive.

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English

Taylor & Francis Ltd

11 Mar 2011

312

Bruce E. Larson is Professor and Chair of the Secondary Education Department at Western Washington University.

Timothy A. Keiper

Instructional Strategies for Middle and Secondary Social Studies offers a novel approach to preparing effective social studies teachers for the 21st century. What makes the text different from others is that Larson and Keiper contextualize their descriptions in clear and concise language and with classroom examples that mirror today's culturally diverse classroom.