SOCIAL SCIENCE FOR PRIMARY I (2/2)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Describe social studies learning process that suitable for young learners; Identify young learners’ learning difficulties and the solution; Use variation of media and technology to enrich young learners learning process.

Topics:

1. Course Overview & Introduction to Social education for Primary Students;
2. Definition of social studies in elementary school;
3. Characteristic of social studies in elementary school;
4. Social Studies in Today’s Early Childhood Curricula;
5. Constructivist approach on social study 1;
6. Developing conceptual understanding in social study 1;
7. Operationalizing the thematic strands of social studies for young learners;
8. Social and emotional learning in schools 1;
9. Measuring Elementary School Students’ Social and Emotional Skills; Using technology for powerful social studies learning;
10. Teaching with objects and photograph to support and enhance social studies curriculum;
11. Continuity and change in social studies;
12. New challenges in elementary social studies;
13. Constructivist approach on social study 2;
14. Developing conceptual understanding in social study 2;
15. Differentiated instruction in elementary social studies;
16. Linking children’s literature with social studies in the elementary curriculum;
17. Social and emotional learning in schools 2;
18. Exploring diversity through technology;
19. Learning with the whole person;
20. Inquiring young historian;
21. Investigating Historical Objects and Pictures;
22. Drawing on Children’s “Sense of Place” – The Starting Point for Teaching Social Studies and Geography;
23. The Art of Social Studies;
24. Designing classroom spaces to maximize social studies learning;
25. Questioning classroom.