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National Trends in Elementary Instruction: Exploring the Role of Social Studies Curricula
Tina L. Heafner,Paul G. Fitchett +1 more
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This article examined the impact of national educational policy implementation on the role of social studies in elementary schools using data from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) spanning fifteen years, and concluded that curriculum st...Abstract:
Using data from the National Center for Educational Statistics research spanning fifteen years, researchers examined the impact of national educational policy implementation on the role of social studies in elementary schools. Specifically, with the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in 2007 and the continuation of federal-mandated testing of English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades three through five, researchers sought to understand how policy decisions to extend testing to science affected teacher decisions in regard to instructional time allocations for core subject areas of ELA, mathematics, science, and social studies in elementary schools. Results of this quantitative study offer large-scale evidence of the declining role of social studies in an era in which testing is clearly linked to subject-area importance. Findings provide an overview of the national scope of testing and the ramifications for social studies in elementary schools. Researchers conclude that curriculum st...read more
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TL;DR: In this article, a multilevel hierarchical linear model was developed to examine the association of teacher/classroom and state level indicators on reported elementary social studies instructional time and found that state testing policy was a significant predictor of elementary teachers' reported time spent on social studies instruction.
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An Analysis of Time Prioritization for Social Studies in Elementary School Classrooms
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Survey on the Status of Social Studies: Development and Analysis
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High-Stakes Testing and Curricular Control: A Qualitative Metasynthesis
TL;DR: The authors analyzed 49 qualitative studies to examine how high-stakes testing affects curriculum, defined here as embodying content, knowledge form, and pedagogy, finding that curricular content is narrowed to tested subjects, subject area knowledge is fragmented into test-related pieces, and teachers increase the use of teacher-centered pedagogies.
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The Narrowing of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Age of Accountability Urban Educators Speak Out
TL;DR: This article found that teachers find their personal and professional identity thwarted, creativity and autonomy undermined, and ability to forge relationships with students diminished, all critical factors in their expressed job satisfaction, which may exacerbate new teacher attrition, especially from schools serving low-income students.
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The Social Studies Wars: What Should We Teach the Children?
TL;DR: The history of social studies is a story of dramatic turf wars among competing political camps as discussed by the authors, and the continuing battles over the purposes, content, methods, and theoretical foundations of the social studies curriculum.
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TL;DR: The following teacher practices correlate with the Common Core English Language Arts Literacy State Standards for Kindergarten and are intended to give teachers guidance as they carefully, and systematically plan for language arts literacy instruction in kindergarten.
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