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Teaching Secondary School Social Studies

by James F. High

Pages: 486

Contributors: James F. High

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Place of Publication: New York

Publication Year: 1962

Subjects: Social Sciences--Study And Teaching (Secondary)

Table of Contents

Title Page

Preface

Contents

Part I: Identifying the Social Studies

1: Definitions and Goals of Social Studies

2: Growth of Social Studies in American Schools

Part II: The Learning Process

3: Social Learning and the Individual

4: The Ideal and the Community

5 Skills in Social Studies Learning

Part III: Procedures in Teaching Social Studies

6: Professional Equipment of the Teacher

7: Techniques of Presentation

8: Materials of Instruction

Part IV: Application of Methods and Theory

9: Teaching United States History

10: Teaching Civic Competence

11: Teaching Geography

12: Teaching Economic Competence

13: Teaching Social Justice: Problems

Part V: Judging the Effectivness of Social Studies Programs

14 Evaluation in Social Studies: Theory and Practice

Part Vi: Getting Started in the Profession

15: Student Teaching or Internship

16: Professional Improvement and Professional References

Index

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