Enhancing Recitations: The Social Studies Teacher as Analogist.

Tierney, Dennis S.

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ERIC Number: EJ449351

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Enhancing Recitations: The Social Studies Teacher as Analogist.

Tierney, Dennis S.

Social Science Record, v28 n2 p53-70 Fall 1991

Discusses a case study of how experienced social studies teachers convey the concepts that comprise the curriculum. Reports that researchers observed 3 teachers for 20 hours each. Describes a preference among the teachers for anthropomorphic, familial, and popular culture references. Explains that visual representations were used only as passing reinforcers. (SG)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Metaphors, Popular Culture, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Visual Aids

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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