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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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EDUCATION 474-4

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DESIGNS FOR LEARNING:

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SOCIAL STUDIES (Elementary)

Summer Session, 1991

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Instructor: Bill Hromyk

(July 2- August 9)

Tuesday & Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Location: MPX 7500B

PRE-REQUISITE:

Educ. 4011402 or equivalent.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course is designed for practicing or prospective teachers of Social Studies at the

elementary level. Students will study the nature, purposes and trends of Social Studies

teaching and learning the structure of the British Columbia Social Studies curriculum

and its purposes; the development of children's understanding of Social Studies

concepts and generalizations; recent developments in thinking about the newly

proposed curriculum guide; and long range planning through unit development.

Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of skills in designing learning

experiences which promote a high degree of student involvement in the learning

process, requiring that participants be able to select appropriate instructional

strategies, curriculum materials, and evaluation methods to meet the needs of children

in a variety of instructional settings.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Students will be required to prepare written and oral presentation employing a

workshop format and to prepare examples of instructional materials. There will be a

mid-term examination.

REQUIRED TEXTS

Minister of Education. (1983).

Social

Studies Curriculum Guide: Grades 1-7.

Victoria: Curriculum Development Branch, Province of British Columbia.

Wright, Ian. (1990).

Elementary Social Studies: A Practical Approach to Teaching

and Learning,

(2nd ed.). Toronto: Methuen.

TEXTS

Ahern, John F., & Lucas, Nanci D. (1975).

Ideas: A Handbook for Elementary Social

Studies.

New York: Harper and Row.

Michaeles, John. (1985).

Social Studies for Children,

8th ed. Englewood Cliffs:

Prentice Hall.