GRED 681 - Social Studies Curriculum in Middle and Secondary School

3 Credit(s)

Introduction to the social studies curriculums of middle and secondary schools. Defines and analyzes the processes and products of funded knowledge and conventional wisdom, curricula development, curriculum, instructional planning, instructional plan, instruction, and evaluation, as they are used in social studies. Also examines the interrelationships of these eight. Emphasizes concepts, their definitions, their uses, and their roles in social studies. Examines the substantive and syntactical contributions to social studies of the disciplines of anthropology, economics, geography, history, sociology, and political science. Studies definitions of citizenship; the roles of controversial issues in social studies; and the changing definitions of social studies.