Following the Threads: Bringing Inquiry Research into the Classroom
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1433106078 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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. The Author: Doug Selwyn is an associate professor of education at Plattsburgh State University in upstate New York. He was the Washington State Social Studies Teacher of the Year in 1990-1991, and was a member of the Washington State Council for the Social Studies board. He has written several books on
He was the Washington State Social Studies Teacher of the Year in 1990-1991, and was a member of the Washington State Council for the Social Studies board. He taught in Seattle public schools from 1984-2000. He has written several books on teaching social studies. About the Author The Author: Doug Selwyn is an associate professor of education at Plattsburgh State University in upstate New York.
Historians, artists, and educators are interviewed about carrying out research, and teachers who regularly conduct projects, expeditions, and other student-centered research strategies discuss their work. Complete with lesson and unit suggestions and further resources, this book is a tapestry of ideas for teachers, woven from the work and wisdom of educators and artists who follow the threads of their own questions and their students’, bringing passion, depth, and authenticity to classroom teaching at any level.. Following the Threads: Bringing Inquiry Research into the Classroom integrates several strands related to inquiry research
"Student-centered inquiry based teaching and learning" according to Nancye E. Mccrary. This book thrills me! It is intelligent, compassionate, and on-target with what we know about teaching and learning in the 21st century. After reading Selwyn's Following the Threads, I have decided to discontinue using the elementary social studies methods text I have used for years and begin to use Selwyn as a foundation combined with other selected readings. The text I have been using, while a wonderful resource, does not offer the depths of inquiry, practical ap. Investigating complexity, bringing the world into sharper relief Adam Renner Selwyn has been teaching me, through his scholarship and pedagogy, for some time. Following the Threads was no different. While it was particularly timely for me, which I'll talk about below, I imagine teachers at any level, teaching just about any content area, will find the text of immediate use. What, perhaps, seems like a research text is really a general guide to inquiry methods replete with lesson/unit/project ideas.Following the Threads has assembled teacher. Following other fans of Threads Wendy E. Ewbank I first met Doug Selwyn at a social studies workshop years ago, where he and his wife Jan Maher (also an accomplished writer and educator) presented practical, engaging and inspiring ways to bring theater into the social studies classroom. It's been my pleasure to have traveled and worked with and learned from Doug, and to have been interviewed for Following the Threads (though being in the company of such amazing personalities is humbling).I've taught middle schoo