Do This, Not That: Designing Effective Professional Development
By: Tina L. Heafner, Laura K. Handler, Wayne Journell
Heafner, T. L., Handler, L. K., & Journell, W. (2016). Do this, not that: Lessons learned for
designing effective professional development. Social Education, 80 (6), 381-384.
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Abstract:
Do you find yourself … … searching for a new approach to teaching social studies that
incorporates inquiry? … in a school, district, or state that hasn’t offered professional
development for social studies instruction in the last 3, 5, 10 years? … the lone body interested
in bringing real world issues and current events to your classroom? … in a school, district, or
state that thinks that C3 only refers to a Star Wars character? Social studies teachers often find
themselves in search of professional development that transforms lessons from facts, figures, and
boldfaced vocabulary to lessons that develop the sophisticated thinking skills students need to
make sense of the social issues of our everyday world.
Keywords: social studies instruction | social studies teachers | professional development
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