Welcome
to Social Studies Education! This website is for all social
studies education majors, which include the following majors:
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Economics
Education
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Sociology
Education
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Anthropology
Education
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You
have picked a great time to become a social studies teacher! Schools
in Delaware and across the nation are scrambling to replace a
wave of retired or soon to be retiring teachers. In other words,
you are in demand!
Schools
are seeking to hire well trained, versatile, and creative teachers
who know how to teach to State and National Standards. The University
of Delaware is an outstanding place to learn how to become that
teacher! The Social Studies Education Program at the University
of Delaware is a program that is accredited by the National Council
for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and National
Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). It is a rigorous four-year
program that prepares you to gain state certification to teach
Social Studies courses in middle school and high school (grades
7-12).
In
2003 the National Council of Social Studies gave the highest possible
rating to the University of Delaware's Secondary Education Social
Studies program. NCSS considers the program to be a model for
Secondary Education programs nationwide.
Over
the course of this program, we will help you make the transition
from being a college student (Year 1) to being an engaging and
effective social studies educator for scores of children (final
semester of senior year). Effective social studies teaching requires
extensive content knowledge about different areas of social studies
as well as knowledge about teaching and learning in secondary
schools. This means that you are required to complete extensive
content core courses and professional education classes while
maintaining a GPA of 3.0 in your major and 2.75 overall. In addition,
you will spend over 56 hours observing in Delaware secondary schools.
You may begin observing middle school and high school classes
as early as your sophomore year.
You
must apply for student teaching in February (deadline is usually
during first 2 weeks of February) of your junior year -- one
year before you student teach. If you are accepted for student
teaching, you must take HIST491
(Planning a Course of Instruction) and HIST467 (Planning a Course of Instruction) the Fall semester of your senior year, and you will
student teach in the Spring semester of your senior year.
REMINDER:
HIST491 and HIST467 is only offered in the fall semester;
student teaching can only be done after taking HIST491 and
HIST467.
PROGRAM
OVERVIEW
In
the course of this program, you will pass through four stages
of professional development; each stage will move you out of your
"student's seat" and up to the front of the class!
STAGE
ONE
During years one through three of the program, you will complete
your General Education course requirements as well as complete
most of your related coursework. You
will begin your Learning Portfolio
during your freshman year and complete it in your senior year.
During stage one, your main responsibility as learner and future
teacher is to accumulate the essential content knowledge to teach
Social Studies.
STAGE
TWO
In years two and three, you will
begin the transition from college student to teacher/educator.
This is the time to learn about the psychological and cultural
make-up of adolescent students in middle and high school. During
this time, you will focus on questions, such as: (a) Why do adolescent
students feel, think, and behave the way they do?; (b) How do
adolescent learners learn?; (c) How does diversity in terms of
race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, and academic strengths
affect adolescents' motivation, learning, and behaviors?; (d)
How do teachers effectively instruct, engage, and manage adolescents
with diverse backgrounds? During this time, you will take the
following three courses: (1) EDUC413, (Adolescent Development
and Educational Psychology), (2) EDUC414 (Teaching Exceptional
Adolescents), and (3) EDUC419 (Diversity in Secondary Education).
Your first classroom observations will take place in EDUC413
and EDUC419.
STAGE
THREE
You will take EDUC420 (Reading in the Content Areas), HIST491
(Planning a Course of Instruction) and HIST467 (Planning a Course
of Instruction Lab) during the Fall semester of your senior year.
HIST491 is your "Methods" course.
In this course, you will begin to put the pieces together from
stages one and two. You will learn how to create course materials
and lesson plans that meet State and National standards. You
will develop effective teaching strategies that reflect your
acquired content knowledge plus your understanding of adolescents
and how they best learn. Through classroom observations, you
will also learn more about the learners and classes you will
be teaching during the Spring semester. You have now moved to
the front of the classroom!
STAGE
FOUR
During the Spring semester of your senior year, after you have
completed the Methods course (HIST491 & HIST467) during
the Fall semester, you will spend fourteen weeks student teaching
in a middle school or high school classroom, EDUC400 (Student
Teaching: Social Studies). You will work closely with your cooperating
teacher, your supervisor, and your Methods professor. At the
same time, we will prepare you in your student teaching seminar,
HIST493 (Problems in Teaching History and Social Studies), to
seek out and get that perfect teaching position---to get a job
at last!
Faculty
Will
Scott, wrscott@udel.edu
History & Social Studies Education
Coordinator
Professor of History
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Joseph
Pika, jpika@udel.edu
Political Science Education Advisor
Professor of Political Science |
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Barry
Joyce, bjoyce@udel.edu
History & Social Studies Education
Advisor
Professor of History
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James
O'Neill, oneillj@be.udel.edu
Economics Education Advisor
Professor of Economics |
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Jonathan
Russ, jruss@udel.edu
History Education Freshman Advisor
Professor of History
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Beth
Morling, morling@psych.udel.edu
Psychology Education Advisor
Psychology Department |
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Erica
Armstrong, era@udel.edu
History Education Sophomore Advisor
Professor of History
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Kimberly
Dasch, advisement@psych.udel.edu
Psychology Education Advisor
Psychology Department |
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Peter
Rees, rees@udel.edu
Geography Education Advisor
Professor of Geography |
Karen
Rosenberg, krr@udel.edu
Anthropology Education Advisor
Professor of Anthropology |
