Building Conceptual Understandings
Concepts are embedded in all the social studies achievement objectives across the four conceptual strands of The New Zealand Curriculum. They are an essential part of teaching and learning in social studies.
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Building Conceptual Understandings
This book provides ideas and examples of how teachers can build learners’ understanding of key social sciences concepts at levels 1–5 of the curriculum. It examines what concepts and conceptual understandings are, why they are important, and how they can be developed in social studies. It provides some strategies and approaches for building conceptual understanding and considers the role of the social inquiry process in developing those understandings. Assessing conceptual understandings and conceptual progression is also discussed, using examples drawn from the social studies exemplars.
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Belonging and Participating in Society
This book examines the social sciences concepts of belonging and participating in society. It considers why these concepts are important, explores ways to develop understandings about these concepts through teaching and learning in social studies, and includes three unit outlines that illustrate some contexts and activities you could use with your students to develop these understandings.
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Being Part of Global Communities
This book discusses what it means to be part of global communities. It examines the social sciences concepts being part of global communities and globalisation. It considers why these concepts are important, explores ways to develop understandings about these concepts through teaching and learning in social studies, and includes three unit outlines that illustrate some contexts and activities you could use with your students to develop these understandings. This book provides examples of teaching and learning strategies and approaches, contexts, and activities, but these are not exhaustive.
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Thinking Globally 1
This book was developed for teachers of students in years 1–8 and aims to foster an appreciation of New Zealand’s place in the economic world and its role as part of the global economy.
The information and activities provided in the book can be used to help students develop understandings about the ideas and issues covered in the Economic World strand of the social sciences curriculum. The focus is on concepts and conceptual understandings of trade and the importance of exporting.
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Thinking Globally 2
This book was developed for teachers of students in years 9-13 and aims to foster an appreciation of New Zealand’s place in the economic world and its role as part of the global economy.
The information and activities provided in the book can be used to help students develop understandings about the ideas and issues covered in the Economic World strand of the social sciences curriculum. The focus is on concepts and conceptual understandings of trade and the importance of exporting.