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Books > Children's & Educational > Life skills & personal awareness, general studies > Personal, health & social education (PHSE) > Citizenship
Service-learning research has been growing and expanding around the
world. While much of the early work was carried out in the US and
Europe, such efforts have been developing in Asia for the past few
decades. The use of the term, 'service-learning' was not popular,
while use of community engagement, volunteerism, social services
are more common among community practitioners and academics, with
the rapid development of service-learning, both research and
community-based programs have been growing throughout Asia over the
last decade. One of the major movements in that part of the world
has been the Service-Learning Asia Network (started in 2005), where
more than 11 countries have unified to share their efforts
collectively through conferences and journals. In this new book we
have examples from five (5) different places: China, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Indonesia, and India. These models follow a recent
publication of Asian research found in the Michigan Journal of
Community Service Learning, published in Summer 2019 after the 7th
Asia Pacific Regional Service-Learning conference in Singapore. The
chapters represent some of the exciting work that is developing in
Asia, highlighting the rich and powerful connections between
universities and communities throughout the region. Excellent
examples of various kinds of study, from case studies, to
qualitative research, to mixed method designs are included. In
addition, the focus of the studies, from student learning,
community change, innovative practice, and institutional
development and change are provided to illustrate the rich
diversity of work occurring throughout Asia.
Time Matters is a practical resource to help children and young
people learn about time. Time is usually taught through the Primary
school years, teachers working in Secondary schools have been very
surprised to discover these gaps in students understanding of
calendar time, having assumed that these skills have been acquired
at an earlier age. This practical resource: helps to teach the
essential skills needed to carry out a range of time-related
concepts e.g. telling the time on a clock can be used by older
children, young people and adults who have learned some of the key
concepts but need more in-depth knowledge, further practice, or
opportunities to practise skills in a functional way includes case
studies and the rationale for working on different aspects of time,
teaching worksheets and also practical strategies and activities to
develop life skills which affect us all e.g. making and keeping
appointments, travelling, using calendars and diaries etc. can be
used in a range of settings including: Education, Health and Social
Care.
In East Asian economies such as China, recent mass rural-urban
migration has created a new urban underclass, as have their
children. However, their inclusion in urban public schools is a
surprisingly slow process, and youth identities in newly
industrialized countries remain largely neglected. Faced with
monetary and institutional barriers, the majority of migrant youth
attend low-quality or underperforming migrant schools, without
access to the free compulsory education enjoyed by their urban
counterparts. As a result, China's citizen-building scheme and the
sustainability of its labor-intensive economy have greatly impacted
global economic restructuring. Using thorough ethnographic
research, this volume examines the consequences of urban schooling
and citizenship education through which school and social processes
contribute to the production of unequal class relations. It
explores the nexus of citizenship education and identity-forming
practices of poor migrant youth in an attempt to foresee the new
class formation in Chinese society. This volume opens up the "black
box" of citizenship education in China and examines the effect of
school and societal forces on social mobility and life
trajectories.
A retelling of Greek mythology and ancient history as recommended
for the Waldorf curriculum class 5-6 (age 10-12). This welcome new
edition of Charles Kovacs' classic work Greece: Mythology and
History contains legendary stories of mythical heroes and historic
figures from the dawn of western civilization. Through the fearless
deeds of Heracles, Theseus and Odysseus to the Golden Age of Athens
and the conquests of Alexander the Great, the narrative vividly
portrays our journey from the mysteries of antiquity to the birth
of modern medicine, science and philosophy.
Technology in the Middle and Secondary Social Studies Classroom
introduces pre-service teachers to the research underpinning the
effective integration of technology into the social studies
curriculum. Building off of established theoretical frameworks,
veteran social studies teacher educator Scott Scheuerell shows how
the implementation of key technologies in the classroom can help
foster higher-level thinking among students. Plentiful,
user-friendly examples illustrate how specific educational
tools-including games, social media, flipped classrooms, and other
emerging technologies-spur critical thinking and foster authentic
intellectual work. A rigorous study, Technology in the Middle and
Secondary Social Studies Classroom provides a comprehensive,
up-to-date research framework for conceptualizing successful,
technology-rich social studies classrooms.
In 1945 the Labour Government set about a major transformation of
British society, Dr Jefferys's analyses the main changes and
relates them to debates within the Labour party, on the nature of
its aims and how best to achieve them.
And Action! Directing Documentaries in the Social Studies Classroom
provides social studies educators with the background knowledge,
conceptual understanding, and tools necessary to design and
facilitate classroom documentary projects in the K-12 social
studies classroom. The authors have spent more than ten years in
classrooms working collaboratively with teachers to design and
research classroom documentary projects. Recognizing the challenges
of this kind of work, the authors partnered with filmmakers,
historians, educational technologists, and classroom teachers with
experience in leading documentary projects to refine a production
process that more closely mirrors the work of filmmakers. With this
book, the authors draw on all of these experiences to assist social
studies educators to efficiently and effectively structure and
assess documentary projects. Educators will learn ways to
transition student learning away from "digital encyclopedia
entries" toward a more authentic documentary approach that focuses
on disciplined inquiry and the use of evidenced-based arguments.
The Life Skills Teacher's Guide contains a year plan, the four term
plans, possible time schedules for a full week and daily
step-by-step teaching plans for 40 weeks for the subject. The
teaching plans include the following: the weekly teaching plan,
hints and essential information as background knowledge before the
lessons are tackled, the rhymes and songs mentioned in the teaching
plan, complete step-by-step lessons for each day and guidance on
how to complete the prescribed assessment tasks. The Teacher’s
Guide is written according to the requirements of the CAPS. The CD
in the Teacher's Guide contains printable year and term plans for
the subject, free resources for teacher and learner, free
prescribed worksheets, the theme-oriented stories mentioned in the
teaching plans, the sheet music for the songs in the teaching plans
and the assessment forms and rubrics. The Teacher's Guide is
written by experts in the field of the Foundation Phase. All the
authors have years of experience and have been involved in series
which has been successfully used in schools. The series has been
developed under the guidance of Mart Meij whose various educational
series, from Grade R to 3, are widely used by schools. The New
All-In-One series is nationally recognised and used in many
schools. The Teacher's Guides not only provide lessons for the
teacher that describes exactly what to do, but also background
information so that the teacher knows why certain instructions are
included in the lesson. The teaching plans include innovative,
multisensory activities that promote active learning and
accommodate different learning styles. The guides contain a CD with
free full colour resources which can be used over and over by the
teacher and the learner. Free worksheets on the CD can be
downloaded and printed so that it is not necessary to buy
workbooks.
The series was written to be aligned with CAPS. A possible work
schedule has been included. Each topic start with an overview of
what is taught, and the resources you need. There is advice on
pave-setting to assist you in completing the work for the year on
time. Advice on how to introduce concepts and scaffold learning is
given for every topic. All the answers have been given to save you
time doing the exercises yourself. Also included are a full-colour
poster and CD filled with resources to assist you in your teaching
and assessment.
Developing Leadership in the Asia-Pacific focuses on the design of
leadership programs that are able to meet the needs of students,
teachers and the wider community. Rather than taking an
all-encompassing approach that cover all contexts of leadership
development, this book is based on research that guides the
leadership teacher in designing a course that takes into account
the specific context and needs of individual students, the purpose
of the course, and how the course can be evaluated for its
effectiveness. Emphasising learner diversity, the book argues that
the students' specific cultural and educational contexts need to be
taken into account when designing leadership programs. Although
these courses are often taught outside of the regular curriculum,
components of leadership can be found in the regular curriculum.
Accordingly, this book helps the leadership teacher to integrate
the leadership program with the regular curriculum through the use
of guiding questions, quizzes, case studies, dilemmas, and other
pedagogical strategies. It links research with practice,
scaffolding teachers in understanding the content or issues
described in each chapter, assisting them in building a fully
defensible leadership program. A number of real life worked
examples are also provided throughout each chapter as a practicable
framework that can be used in teaching design for everyday units of
work. This book is a useful reference for researchers working in
leadership as well as an essential tool for teachers developing
leadership programs for students in primary, secondary or tertiary
contexts.
Young Citizens of the World takes a clear stance: Social studies is
about citizenship education that is informed, deliberative, and
activist-citizenship not only as a noun, something one studies, but
as a verb, something one DOES. Its holistic, multicultural approach
is based on this clear curricular and pedagogical purpose.
Straightforward, engaging, and highly interactive, the book
encourages students (and their teachers) to become informed, think
it through, and take action. Each chapter is written as a civic
engagement which is teacher-ready for use in elementary classrooms.
A set of six teaching strategies that are constructive,
inquiry-driven, dramatic, and deliberative bring the curricular
framework to life through intensive, integrated meaningful studies
of special places, important people, and significant times. Readers
are invited to rehearse the projects in their social studies
education courses and then to reinterpret them for their
classrooms. The projects are supported by important resources for
teaching, including supportive children's literature, links to
internet sites, and visual sources and by a Companion Website that
enhances and extends the text.
Developing Leadership in the Asia-Pacific focuses on the design of
leadership programs that are able to meet the needs of students,
teachers and the wider community. Rather than taking an
all-encompassing approach that cover all contexts of leadership
development, this book is based on research that guides the
leadership teacher in designing a course that takes into account
the specific context and needs of individual students, the purpose
of the course, and how the course can be evaluated for its
effectiveness. Emphasising learner diversity, the book argues that
the students' specific cultural and educational contexts need to be
taken into account when designing leadership programs. Although
these courses are often taught outside of the regular curriculum,
components of leadership can be found in the regular curriculum.
Accordingly, this book helps the leadership teacher to integrate
the leadership program with the regular curriculum through the use
of guiding questions, quizzes, case studies, dilemmas, and other
pedagogical strategies. It links research with practice,
scaffolding teachers in understanding the content or issues
described in each chapter, assisting them in building a fully
defensible leadership program. A number of real life worked
examples are also provided throughout each chapter as a practicable
framework that can be used in teaching design for everyday units of
work. This book is a useful reference for researchers working in
leadership as well as an essential tool for teachers developing
leadership programs for students in primary, secondary or tertiary
contexts.
As the world seemingly gets smaller and smaller, schools around the
globe are focusing their attention on expanding the consciousness
and competencies of their students to prepare them for the
conditions of globalization. Global citizenship education is
rapidly growing in popularity because it captures the longings of
so many-to help make a world of prosperity, universal benevolence,
and human rights in the midst of globalization's varied processes
of change. This book offers an empirical account from the
perspective of teachers and classrooms, based on a qualitative
study of ten secondary schools in the United States and Asia that
explicitly focus on making global citizens. Global citizenship in
these schools has two main elements, both global competencies
(economic skills) and global consciousness (ethical orientations)
that proponents hope will bring global prosperity and peace.
However, many of the moral assumptions of global citizenship
education are more complex and contradict these goals, and are just
as likely to have the unintended consequence of reinforcing a more
particular Western individualism. While not arguing against global
citizenship education per se, the book argues that in its current
forms it has significant limits that proponents have not yet
acknowledged, which may very well undermine it in the long run.
The number of Asian American students in schools and colleges has
soared in the last twenty-five years, and they make up one of the
fastest growing segments of the student population. However,
classroom material often does not include their version of the
American experience. Teaching about Asian Pacific Americans was
created to address this void. This resource guide provides
interactive activities, assignments, and strategies for classrooms
or workshops. Those new to the field of Asian American studies will
appreciate the background information on issues that concern Asian
Pacific Americans, while experts in the field will find powerful,
innovative teaching activities that clearly convey established and
new ideas. The activities in this book have been used effectively
in classrooms, workshops for staff and practitioners in student
services programs, community-based organizations, teacher training
programs, social service agencies, and diversity training. Teaching
About Asian Pacific Americans serves as a critical resource for
anyone interested in race, ethnicity, and Asian Pacific American
communities.
This series has been developed for the Cambridge Lower Secondary
Global Perspectives Curriculum Framework (1129). Providing you with
guidance and support for the Cambridge Lower Secondary Global
Perspectives curriculum framework, our teacher books are the ideal
addition to any global perspectives classroom. Make the most of
step-by-step lesson plans, clear links to the learning objectives,
challenge topic ideas and practical differentiation advice for a
thriving and collaborative classroom.
* Helps teachers/leaders incorporate social justice themes and
lessons into their curriculum; aligns well with CCSS * Written
practically and accessibly to make it easy for readers to engage
with * Features ready to use rubrics and assignment sheets as well
as access to digital resources.
-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and
problem-based learning to help tenth-grade students connect their
existing knowledge about energy production and its effects on the
natural environment to create innovations in renewable sources of
energy based on research evidence. -Written and developed for
tenth-grade teachers, the book offers lesson plans challenging
students to draw from different academic disciplines to design an
innovative way to meet society's energy needs and to develop a
pitch to market their innovation, focusing on how the innovation
will optimize human experiences while being mindful of the natural
environment. -Anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards,
the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century
Learning, which can be used in full or in part to meet the needs of
districts, schools and teachers charting a course toward an
integrated STEM approach.
* Helps teachers/leaders incorporate social justice themes and
lessons into their curriculum; aligns well with CCSS * Written
practically and accessibly to make it easy for readers to engage
with * Features ready to use rubrics and assignment sheets as well
as access to digital resources.
Teaching controversial social issues can be a daunting, and
oftentimes terrifying, prospect for social studies teachers. In
many ways, this fear is warranted given the politically polarized
nature of American society in the 21st century. However, effective
social studies instruction requires that students begin to grapple
with difficult issues in tolerant ways. The chapters in this book,
many of which are written by leading scholars within the field of
social studies education, cover a range of 21st century social
issues, including politically volatile issues such as gun control,
marriage equality, the Black Lives Matter movement, and
immigration. This book offers both a theoretical justification for
engaging students with controversial social issues and practical
suggestions for how to successfully implement discussions of these
types of issues in K-12 classroom settings.
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