The aim of this study is to ascertain the problems social studies teachers face in the teaching of topics covered in 8th grade TRHRK Course. The study was conducted in line with explanatory sequential mixed method design, which is one of the mixed research method, was used. The study involves three phases. In the first step, exploratory process…

Once adapted to the context of the classroom, the tenets of successful counterinsurgency offer teachers a potent intellectual framework for conceptualizing teachers' efforts to build effective active learning communities together with their students. In this article, the author describes a counterinsurgency analogy that shares essential features…

Discusses objectives for college-level advanced history courses: to convey a general sense of history of the area studied, create a basis for the enjoyment of history as an intellectual pastime, and give the student a humanistic perspective on the processes of historical thinking. Provides description of history of modern China course. (Author/KC)

Through the use of novels, the author presents teaching techniques and suggestions for incorporating cultural awareness with historical background in an Asian studies survey course at the college level. (JR)

Procedures and evaluation of a simulation designed to reenact the British-Chinese Opium War negotiations are described. (DE)

Describes and analyzes a college level course taught on the Vietnam War. Evaluates the success of the course and notes some limitations. (RKM)