Does anyone care about elementary social studies? Dilemmas of teaching elementary social studies methods within a high stakes testing context

Diane Yendol-Hoppey, Keith Tilford

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Abstract

Teachers and college level instructors in Florida CA are also encountering many of the same issues that are challenging California schools and colleges. Yendol-Hoppey and Tilford explore the difficulties that challenge teachers at the USF professional development school and partnership schools as they try to teach social studies, currently an untested subject in Florida, under unsupportive conditions. They elucidate on the four dilemmas of practice that teachers face when trying to engage in social studies teaching in a high stakes testing environment.
Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)21-25
Number of pages5
JournalSocial Studies Review
Volume44
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • testing
  • social studies education
  • educational evaluation
  • Education policy
  • college professors
  • teacher education
  • professional development schools
  • preservice teachers
  • Field experience programs
  • standardized tests
  • methods courses
  • Grade 5
  • teacher educators

Disciplines

  • Education
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

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