Successful Social Studies Essay

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This report goes into detail about the reasons social studies is a core subject in the New Zealand curriculum, how social studies has a unique role in preparing children to be active and critical participants in a changing society, defines and explains what ‘powerful social studies’ is and lastly it will explain what qualities are required of a successful Social Studies teacher. For the purpose of this report “social studies is the systematic study of an integrated body of content from the social sciences and humanities to develop socially informed and effective citizens who are empowered with knowledge and skills in a changing society” (Barr, H., Graham, J., Hunter, P., Keown, P., & McGee, J. 1997, p. 5).
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Successful social studies teachers are always looking at ways to improve their current knowledge and keep up with improved pedagogical developments. A successful social studies teachers will incorporate things relevant to their inquiry throughout the lessons to help the students understand concepts and not just add them all on at the end to confuse the students. If you are a successful social studies teacher you will use a range of different approaches to teaching students for example you wouldn’t just do all practical lessons or all writing lessons they will mix it up and have a bit of everything in there . To be a successful social studies teacher you can’t be closed mined you need to be open minded to be able to put away personal views and give students a fair chance to make up their own mind about the way they feel about issues or topics. They need to be able to show all points not just the things they think are relevant or

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