Process of Improving and Expanding My Instructional Repertoire
As a teacher, it is imperative to continue growing and learning along with your students. There are always ways we can improve, and through my time at MSU and my field experience at Grandville High School, I was able to expand my instructional repertoire by implementing a new strategy to solve a problem I was finding with my students.
Process of Improving and Expanding My Instructional Repertoire
As a teacher, it is imperative to continue growing and learning along with your students. There are always ways we can improve, and through my time at MSU and my field experience at Grandville High School, I was able to expand my instructional repertoire by implementing a new strategy to solve a problem I was finding with my students.
Process of Improving and Expanding My Instructional Repertoire
As a teacher, it is imperative to continue growing and learning along with your students. There are always ways we can improve, and through my time at MSU and my field experience at Grandville High School, I was able to expand my instructional repertoire by implementing a new strategy to solve a problem I was finding with my students.
The Essential Enduring Understandings
The secondary social studies team at Michigan State University has developed five enduring understandings. These enduring understandings are aligned with Michigan State University's program standards. The five enduring understandings are as followed:
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#1
Teachers Create a Curriculum that is Purposeful, Thoughtful, Engaging, and Student Centered
A meaningful curriculum and its accompanying pedagogy are interactive among students and teachers. Such a curriculum embraces the what, how, and why of learning. Teachers use resources, materials, and student ideas to create learning opportunities that are meaningful, authentic, content rich, problem-based, socially-responsible, and relevant.
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#2
Teachers Value the Cultural, Social, and Intellectual Funds that Students Bring to School
Teachers value and purposefully structure learning by using students' prior knowledge, life experiences, perspectives, learning strengths, and talents.
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#3
Teaching is a Learning and Reflective Profession that is Bolstered by Intellectual Curiosity
Teachers continue to learn and grow in collaboration with others. Teachers learn as they use critical experiences to solve professional problems and use that knowledge to refine future practice.
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#4
Social Studies Teaching is Interdisciplinary and Connects Students to the World Around Them
While learning is often divided into disciplines (eg. history, geography, science, the arts, English, etc.) the world that we teach about is not. Social studies teachers connect students to the world around them through exploring events and experiences outside of the classroom that are current and relevant, incorporating all subject areas and promoting further growth and learning.
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#5
Teachers and Students are Citizens
Citizens make informed choices and are aware of the impact their decisions and actions have on others (locally and globally). Citizens care both about the common good and the unique needs of individuals. Teachers and students recognize and respect each other as citizens of the classroom, school community, nation, and the world.