MON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Intersession 2001

EDUC 414 4 ?

Tom Morton

Designs for Learning: ?

Office: EDB 8637

Secondary Social Studies ?

Phone: 291-5977

DATES: April 19- June

28,

2001 ?

*D0300

?

E-mail: tlmorton@sfu.ca

Thursday 8:00-13:00 in EDB 7500F

PREREQUISITE

*This section restricted to PDP students in Quebec Program

Educ 401/402

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This methods course will explore topics such as the purpose of social studies, critical thinking, creative

controversies, nurturing empathy and social responsibility, teaching history and geography, and

integration with other subjects. Much of the course will be workshopping the course project, a unit

plan. As an individual you will produce 3 lesson plans that will be part of a comprehensive unit that

you will undertake as part of a small group. Disk copies of all units produced will be shared with other

members of the class.

OBJECTIVES

To enhance teachers' ability to plan and make use of a wide range of teaching strategies, learning

resources and assessment practises to deliver a social studies program at the secondary level that is

engaging for students, effectively integrates other subject areas and emphasizes collaboration and

critical thinking.

REQUIREMENTS

unit plan (individual lessons as part of a group project) -

75%

end-of-course conference - 25%

REQUIRED READINGS

The Canadian Anthology

of

Social Studies,

R. Case & P. Clark (editors). Pacific Educational Press.

Social Studies 8-10, Integrated Resource Package 1998,

BC Ministry of Education.

(Available at http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/)

RECOMMENDED READINGS

Cooperative Learning and Social Studies: towards excellence and equity. T.

Morton. San Juan Capistrano,

CA: Kagan Co-op Learning.

Critical Challenges in Social Studies for Junior High Students.

R. Case, L. Daniels, & P. Schwartz (editors).

Burnaby: Field Studies, Faculty of Education, SFU.

Critical Challenges for Primary Students. T.

McDiarmid, R. Manzo, T. Musselle (editors). Burnaby: Field

Studies, Faculty of Education, SFU.

Critical Challenges in Social Studies for Upper Elementary School Students.

Burnaby: J

.

Harrison, N. Smith,

I. Wright (editors). Field Studies, Faculty of Education, SFU.

Elementary Social Studies: A practical approach. I.

Wright. Scarborough, Ont: Nelson.

(Crosslisted with EDUC 474 D05.00)