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We, the students and teachers : teaching democratically in the history and social studies classroom / Robert W. Maloy and Irene S. LaRoche.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maloy, Robert W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Study and teaching (Secondary).
- History--Study and teaching (Elementary).
- History.
- History--Study and teaching (Secondary).
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Democracy and education.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 241 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- We, the Students and Teachers shows history and social studies educators how to make school classrooms into democratic spaces for teaching and teaming. The book offers practical strategies and lesson ideas for transforming democratic theory into instructional practice. It stresses the importance of students and teachers working together to create community and change. The book serves as an essential text for history and social studies teaching methods courses as well as professional development and inservice programs for history and social studies teachers at all grade levels. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Introduction: defining democracy and democratic teaching
- Contrasting: curriculum coverage and uncoverage
- Conducting: student engagement and flipped teaching
- Collaborating: decision making and power sharing
- Conversing: conversations, discussions and student voice
- Conferring: student feedback to guide teaching practice
- Co-constructing: digital technologies and student inquiry
- Connecting: civic learning and community engagement
- Conclusion: building democratic spaces for teaching and learning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781438455587
- 1438455585
- 9781438455594
- 1438455593
- OCLC:
- 888024653
- Publisher Number:
- 99967020788
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