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    UNIVERSITY
    Intersession 2003
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    EDUC 414/474 - 4
    Anne Hales
    Designs for Learning: Social Studies
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    Office: EDB 9508
    (Elementary & Secondary) ?
    Phone: 291-5988
    Wednesday/ Friday 8:30-12:20 ?
    email: achales@sfu.ca
    EDB 8620 ?
    D03.00
    PREREQUISITE:
    Educ 401/402
    This methods course is for elementary, middle school and secondary teachers. Its intent is to provide a thorough
    introduction to Social Studies as a curricular area, within a professional and collaborative academic setting.
    OBJECTIVES:
    'to familiarize students with the content, organization and problematic nature of the Social Studies
    curriculum in British Columbia.
    'to develop a critical appreciation of the place of Social Studies in the educational experience and lives of
    children and young adults.
    -to create, in a collaborative environment, engaging and lessons and mini-units including activities,
    assessment strategies, extension ideas, and resources.
    -to examine the Social Studies curriculum through a variety of lenses and approaches, such as critical
    thinking, diversity, integrated study, social justice, gender and subject-specific models.
    REQUIREMENTS:
    Lessons and Mini-unit Plans: ?
    50%
    Individual Inquiry Project:
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    20%
    F icipation and Collaboration ?
    20%
    Ld of Course Conference ?
    10%
    Assessment will be a combination of self, peer and instructor evaluation.
    REQUIRED READINGS:
    Social Studies K-7 Integrated Resource Package, 1998. BC Ministry of Education.
    Social Studies 8-10 Integrated Resource Package 1998, BC Ministry of Education
    (both available at http://www.bced.gov.bc.calirp ).
    Critical challenges for Primary Students. T.
    McDiarmid, R. Manzo, and T. Musselle.
    Critical Challenges in Social Studies for Upper Elementary School Students. J.
    Harrison, N. Smith, I Wright.
    Critical Challenges in Social Studies for Junior Secondary Students.
    (Critical Challenge
    texts will be made available from instructor at start of course)
    Other articles and reading materials will be introduced by the instructor throughout the course.

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