CEDUC 3378 - Teaching History and Political Science/ Political Philosophy in Grades

Institution:

Lesley University

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Description:

3 credits This course will help students to develop an understanding of curriculum, instruction, and assessment issues in the teaching of history and political science/political philosophy at the secondary level. Following A "backwards planning" approach, the course begins with an exploration of the larger purposes for teaching history and political science/political philosophy in A multicultural and global society and within the current climate of standards base and high-stakes testing reform. The course then offers students A conceptual framework for translating their own larger purpose into essential questions and goals for student understanding within a teaching unit and considers what is understanding and how does A teacher assess for it. Lastly, students learn to research and draw on multiple curriculum resources - textbooks, alternative curricula, and the internet -to create learning activities that support learners to develop and demonstrate their understandings of history or political science/political philosophy within A given unit of study. How differences of social location (gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and nation) and of learning styles and different facilities with U.S. English impact student learning are integrated throughout the course, challenging students to examine how they build learning relationships, create learning environments, and individualize curricula to support the learning of all students. Prerequisite: CEDUC 2353.

Credits:

12.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.lesley.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 868-9600

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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