Inquiry Every Day

Strategies for the Secondary Social Studies Classroom
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-17329-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This book guides and empowers secondary social studies teachers to craft inquiry-based learning within their classrooms that fit their students’ needs and interests.

Inquiry is necessary in a democracy–especially an increasingly polarized one. Open inquiry promotes critical thinking and teaches the importance of evidence-based arguments to students. The role of the teacher is still fundamentally important and necessary when facilitating an inquiry in the classroom, and well-crafted inquiries provide ample context and are well supported by the instructor. This text provides readers with practical examples from scholarship and experienced educators demonstrating ways teachers can use inquiry to teach social studies better. Teachers will gain a rich understanding of how to teach with primary sources through inquiry-based learning and to build meaningful inquiries for their classrooms. Each chapter ends with an inquiry for preservice teacher preparation.

With best strategies for inquiry design, facilitation, and modification for students at various reading and grade levels, this is an essential guide for secondary social studies and history teachers to incorporate open inquiry into their classes.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eckert, Kelsie Brook

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Weiterführende Schulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface PART I: Why to Teach with Inquiry 1. What does it mean to teach with inquiry? 2. Does inquiry privilege skills over content? 3. Why should we teach with inquiry? 4. How did social studies settle on the Inquiry Design Model and the C3 Framework? PART II: How to Teach with Inquiry 5. How to create a culture of inquiry? 6. What makes a “good” question for inquiry? 7. How to teach with primary and secondary sources? 8. How to organize sources for Structured and Guided Inquiry? 9. Under what conditions can Open Inquiry work in secondary social studies? 10. What are the pitfalls to avoid when facilitating inquiry? Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Kelsie Brook Eckert is the Coordinator of Social Studies Education at Plymouth State University, the Executive Director of the Remedial Herstory Project, and the New Hampshire State Coordinator for National History Day.