A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies: Building Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy
A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.
~Martin Luther King Jr.
Rationale
The last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first have seen a marginalization of social studies curriculum, instruction, and assessment at all grade levels. In many state houses, in departments of education and in school districts across this great nation, education for citizenship has taken a back seat to education for career and college.
As Judith L. Pace wrote in Education Week in December 2007, “… the data point to a social studies divide, caused by the confluence of high-stakes accountability and school segregation by race and class.” 1 She affirmed the view, widely held by social studies educators, that “… depth of historical, political, and cultural understanding” is essential if this democracy is to survive and thrive. Powerful social studies teaching helps students develop enduring understandings in the core content areas of civics, economics, geography, and history, and assures their readiness and willingness to assume citizenship responsibilities. Powerful social studies learning leads to a well-informed and civic-minded citizenry that can sustain and build on democratic traditions.
A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies: Building Social Understanding and Civic Efficacy
A Position Statement of National Council for the Social Studies
The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character–that is the goal of true education.
~Martin Luther King Jr.
Rationale
The last decade of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first have seen a marginalization of social studies curriculum, instruction, and assessment at all grade levels. In many state houses, in departments of education and in school districts across this great nation, education for citizenship has taken a back seat to education for career and college.
As Judith L. Pace wrote in Education Week in December 2007, “… the data point to a social studies divide, caused by the confluence of high-stakes accountability and school segregation by race and class.” 1 She affirmed the view, widely held by social studies educators, that “… depth of historical, political, and cultural understanding” is essential if this democracy is to survive and thrive. Powerful social studies teaching helps students develop enduring understandings in the core content areas of civics, economics, geography, and history, and assures their readiness and willingness to assume citizenship responsibilities. Powerful social studies learning leads to a well-informed and civic-minded citizenry that can sustain and build on democratic traditions.
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