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Direct linkElaine Alvey – Social Studies, 2024
This paper analyzes the imaginings of sustainable futures and possibilities for action toward these imaginings articulated by social studies teachers. Participant stories about a day in the life of an imagined future largely leave intact major systems and discourses including those which have actively contributed to problems they identify…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Futures (of Society), Imagination, Climate
Peer reviewedBenson, Norman – Social Studies, 1987
Demonstrates the need for teaching strategies that incorporate the concepts of power and freedom into existing courses. Identifies classroom environments that enable students to make choices as beneficial and describes some strategies for promoting a more democratic classroom. (AEM)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making
Peer reviewedRosenberg, Alan; Zevin, Jack – Social Studies, 1981
Suggests that if the concept of genocide is not integrated into our mental and moral world, we become passive or active participants in processing people for destruction. Provides definitions of the terms genocide and holocaust and eight classroom strategies to help develop understanding. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Genocide
Peer reviewedLeone, Peter; Retish, Paul – Social Studies, 1978
Suggests adaptations of curriculum and awareness activities for students to prepare for the arrival of handicapped students who are to be mainstreamed into the general public school environment. (AV)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Students
Peer reviewedSwift, Donald C. – Social Studies, 1998
Summarizes "Generation X Goes to College" (Peter Sacks, 1996) and critically discusses its main points. The role of postmodern culture and its effect on education form the core of the discussion on contemporary students' approach to higher education. Notes the roles that teachers must play in this new educational environment. (DSK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, College Students, Cultural Influences, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedWolfgang, Charles H.; Kelsay, Karla Lynn – Social Studies, 1995
Maintains that a survey of beginning social studies teachers would probably show that their major concern is classroom discipline. Discusses discipline-related issues such as why do students obey rules, what actions should be taken, and discipline strategies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedZhao, Yali; Hoge, John D. – Social Studies, 2005
With this study, the authors investigated, in an open-ended manner, what elementary teachers and their students said about social studies. They endeavored to see if prior findings still persist and studied the potential relationships between students' and teachers' perceptions. They conducted their research in three different school districts in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Social Studies, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
