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Prospective Early Childhood Teachers' Difficulties in Analysing Children's Ideas about the Natural and Social Environment
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Gutiérrez, María Puig; Cruz-Guzmán, Marta; Rodríguez-Marín, Fátima – South African Journal of Education, 2019
This study deals with detecting the difficulties that prospective teachers encounter in recognising and analysing children's ideas in the domains of social studies and science. It qualitatively analyses the reports written by 94 third-year Early Childhood Education degree students, while they were taking courses on "Teaching the natural…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Teachers, Barriers, Childrens Attitudes
The Shoe Project: Meaningful Learning in an Inclusive Preschool Classroom
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Artman-Meeker, Kathleen; Kinder, Kiersten A. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2016
Even the most commonplace object can be a powerful learning tool for a young child. In the case described in this article, shoes provided an opportunity for children of all abilities to leave their classroom and explore the places, spaces, and faces of their own community. The study of shoes also demonstrated how one teacher reached each and every…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Social Studies
Bring the World In; Have a Relevant Social Studies Program.
Reichbach, Edward – Southwestern Journal of Social Education, 1979
Urges teachers of kindergarten children to use an inquiry approach to help pupils understand the world around them. Inquiry activities can utilize school personnel, teacher and student maps of the school, community resource people, comparative information about children in other cities and countries, and correspondence with community agencies.…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Using Baseball in Social Studies Instruction: Addressing the Five Fundamental Themes of Geography
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Edgington, William D.; Hyman, William – Social Studies, 2005
Many children do not enjoy social studies because they see it as having little, if any, relevance to their lives. That response is attributable primarily to two factors: Dry content and even drier instructional strategies. Teachers know that if material presented to children is not meaningful and relevant to their lives, real learning does not…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Geography, Team Sports, Educational Strategies
Relating Research on Children's Thinking to Teachers' Professional Practice: A Study of Research-Informed Teacher Planning in Early Grades Social Studies
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O'Mahony, Carolyn – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2006
As part of a study on planning in early grades social studies, teachers' unit plans were examined for evidence that reading and discussing a research report about what young children knew about the production, distribution, and consumption of food influenced their choices of curricular goals and instructional practices. Unit plans were…
Descriptors: Research Reports, Social Studies, Research Utilization, Theory Practice Relationship
Studying Another Culture through Children's Games: Examples from Nigeria.
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Sunal, Cynthia Szymanski – Social Studies, 1988
Identifying games as being common to children worldwide, Sunal focuses on Nigerian group games in order to illustrate the range of game variations and their use in a social studies program. Describes hiding games, singing games, and a fine-motor skills game, stating that they help acquaint students with foreign cultures and reveal similarities in…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Games, Cultural Activities