FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION
Focuses on helping pre-service teachers understand what it means to teach social studies for democratic citizenship. Focuses on central debates within social studies education and considers how different national, historical, economic, and political contexts have shaped social studies curricula. Offers an opportunity to compare and contrast social studies education curricula and approaches in diverse national contexts.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Curriculum and Instruction MS: Secondary Education Teaching Certification Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess the central debates within social studies and consider how these debates have shaped the structure and goals of social studies curricula in different educational contexts. Audience: Graduate 2. Make connections between educational theory and the use of different pedagogical strategies. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate and discuss relevant journal articles and book chapters. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess the central debates within social studies and consider how these debates have shaped the structure and goals of social studies curricula in different educational contexts. Audience: Graduate 2. Make connections between educational theory and the use of different pedagogical strategies. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate and discuss relevant journal articles and book chapters. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027