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The Social and Behavioral Sciences in K-12 Education: Past, Present, and Future: Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief
The Social and Behavioral Sciences in K-12 Education: Past, Present, and Future: Proceedings of a Workshop--in Brief
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Those reasons might include equipping students with knowledge that can help them make better decisions in civic, personal, community, work, and family contexts or teaching scientific methods that produce better understanding of human and social phenomena. One approach is to develop curriculum modules for teaching SBS subjects to minimize the burden for teachers.
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WHEN SUBJECTS SHOULD BE INTRODUCED, ADULTS 18+ Preschool Elementary School Middle School High School College/University Graduate School Don't need to learn Liberal Arts 37% 32% 13% 9% 3% 4% 1% STEM (w/science) 11% 22% 23% 28% 11% 1% 4% Social Science 4% 11% 24% 36% 17% 2% 6% Preschool Elementary school Preschool Elementary school Psychology 2% 5% Math 43% 42% Sociology 4% 11% Computer Economics 2% 14% Science/ 10% 36% Technology Anthropology 2% 9% Political Science 1% 8% Figure 1 Public perceptions about when a person's education subjects should be introduced.
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Potential next steps include in- are also driven by the belief that learning about ancreasing public awareness of the many jobs, includ- thropology increases awareness about human origins ing well-paying ones, to which SBS degrees can and linkages among biology, culture, and behavior. lead and sharing stories that convey the common Describing the current presence of anthropology ground of social and behavioral sciences and their in K-12 education, Liebow said that although AAA relevance to society and people's everyday lives.
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is 41 nonprofit state CEEs, some of which are formal APA supports high school psychology teachers in divisions of their state's department of education. In a number of ways: an annual professional develaddition, 200 university-based CEEs train teachers opment workshop for 25-30 teachers; grants to and, in some cases, develop curriculum materials.
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SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION In July 2017, the APA will sponsor a week-long Sum- A SCIENCE EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE ON SBS IN K-12 mit on High School Psychology Education, Diaz- Matt Krehbiel spoke in his capacity as associate diGranados said, to examine eight "strands": (1) con- rector for science at Achieve, Inc., which focuses on veying psychology as a science; (2)
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5 NCSS defines social studies as "the integrated study of • Dimension 3: Evaluating Sources and the social sciences and humanities to promote civic compe- Using Evidence tence. Within the school program, social studies provides coordinated, systematic study drawing upon such disciplines as • Dimension 4: Communicating anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, Conclusions and Taking Informed Action law, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology, as well as appropriate content from the humanities, mathematics, and natural sciences.
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Paska pointed to a website de- ing real-world issues. veloped for teachers in New York to share their ideas The workshop included a brainstorming session in for inquiry-based lessons consistent with the C3 which the workshop participants identified what Framework.6 NCSS has also partnered with the Cen- they saw as the most important core values related ter for Literacy Education to develop a broader tool- to education shared by the SBS disciplines.
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Garruto, Graduate Program in Biomedical Anthropology, Binghamton University; Howard Kurtzman, Science Directorate, American Psychological Association; Tom LaForge, Culture Agency; David Lam, Institute for Social Research, Department of Economics, University of Michigan; Felice J Levine, American Educational Research Association; Olivia Morgan, Common Sense Media; Sheri Roder, Horizon Media Inc.; Tobin Smith, Association of American Universities; Robyn Stryker, School of Sociology, University of Arizona; and Barbara L
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