EDMS 50463 Methods for Teaching Middle School Social Studies
Prerequisites: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, and corequisite: EDSE 41151 or EDUC 60980. This course will use the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and the National Council of Teachers of Social Studies as a framework to help students examine content, methodology, skills, and materials used to teach social studies to adolescents in middle grades. Students will engage in hands-on investigation, class discussions, readings and field placements with emphasis on developmentally appropriate practices in social studies instruction. Procedures for planning, implementing, and reflecting on social studies instruction will be used in schools settings.