Promoting inquiry-oriented teacher preparation in social studies through the use of local history

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• 作者：Margaret S. Crocco^a ; ^{croccom@msu.edu} ; Michael P. Marino^b ; ^{marino@tcnj.edu}
• 关键词：Teacher education ; Social studies ; Inquiry ; Local history ; Methods class
• 刊名：The Journal of Social Studies Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：1
• 页码：1-10
• 全文大小：304 K
• 卷排序：41

文摘

The educational reform movement in social studies has focused on constructivist and inquiry-oriented approaches to the teaching of history. Since many social studies teacher education students have had little experience with such approaches in their own schooling, special attention needs to be given to these topics within teacher preparation programs if they are to be implemented in schools. One pathway for accomplishing this is through investigations of local history. This article presents an exploratory qualitative research study investigating pre-service teachers׳ understanding of inquiry and the impact of a set of lessons in a methods class using local history in the service of inquiry-oriented learning. The results suggest that local history can be an effective tool for stimulating interest in and a deeper understanding of inquiry-oriented teaching.