An Analysis of the Social Science and History Concepts in Elementary Social Studies Textbooks Grades 1–4

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Haas
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Elementary Social Studies ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks

scholarly journals PENGINTEGRASIAN MATERI ISLAM DI INDONESIA DENGAN HASIL KEBUDAYAAN ISLAM (GREBEG SURO DI JIPANG, CEPU, BLORA, JAWA TENGAH)

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 126
Author(s):  
Fitriah Hanim ◽  
Sariyatun Sariyatun
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Science ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Local Culture ◽  
Social Studies Curriculum ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
The Social

Social Science lessons that have been in the school curriculum only exemplify and discuss material globally or nationally. And students pay less attention and are less interested because the scope is not in their environment. From these problems, in the social studies curriculum it is necessary to add local historical material related to the local culture. Which in this case is the national material on Islamic material in Indonesia and its cultural results, the example of that culture can be exemplified is Grebeg Suro Jipang. It is expected that from studying this material, students know the benefits of learning to preserve and can benefit from learning, at least from the meaning of the grebeg, the attitude that can be learned is social attitudes such as mutual cooperation, cooperation, and sharing with others. Nor do spiritual attitudes like gratitude.  

An analysis of the presentation of Sikhism in social studies textbooks

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-253
Author(s):  
Sean Colbert-Lewis ◽  
Drinda E. Benge
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Middle Grades ◽  
National Council ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Religious Literacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks

Purpose The increase of Islamophobia-inspired hate crimes toward Sikh Americans led the Sikh Coalition of America and the National Council for the Social Studies to request social studies educators to conduct a content analysis on the presentation of Sikhism in social studies textbooks. The Sikh Coalition hopes to use the findings of such research to encourage more appropriate inclusion about the religion in textbooks by the leading publishing companies and as a legitimate social studies subject of instruction in the state standards for all 50 states. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The incorporation of critical pedagogy, as a tool of critical multiculturalism, serves as the theoretical design of this study. Content analysis serves as the method of research for this study. The authors also employed an online survey to determine the scope of religious literacy of the pre-service teachers with regard to Sikhism before the conducting of content analysis of social studies textbooks for the presentation of Sikhism. Findings The current presentation of Sikhism in social studies textbooks has the potential to help fuel the Islamophobia that Sikh Americans now face. The authors found that the pre-service teachers possess little religious literacy regarding Sikhism. Furthermore, from the content analyses, the authors found that a total of 21 out of the sample of 32 textbooks (5 elementary, 11 middle grades and 16 high school) mention Sikhism. Eight textbooks include a mention of the origins of Sikhism. Nine textbooks misidentify the religion as a blending of Hinduism and Islam. Nine textbooks mention the religion in relation to the assassination of Indira Gandhi. Research limitations/implications The originality of this research led the authors to find that the very limited and inaccurate information we found present in the most-used textbooks for elementary, middle grades and high school social studies made the employing of inferential statistics like correlation difficult. Also, the authors found from the literature that research addressing Islamophobia in the classroom has centered on the role of licensed teachers only. The research gives a model to how pre-service teachers may address Islamophobia in the classroom and also gain religious literacy regarding Sikhism. Practical implications The rise of Islamophobia-inspired violence toward students of South Asian descent has led to the call to address this matter. The research introduces a method to how social studies education professors may help engage their pre-service teachers in proactively addressing Islamophobia. Social studies professors have a responsibility to help promote social justice through critical pedagogy that explores the religious literacy of their pre-service teachers beyond Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism. Social implications The Sikh Coalition, by telephone, has formally acknowledged to the authors that the textbook research has been the most extensive they have received since making their joint request with the National Council for the Social Studies. They have used the research to successfully convince the state education boards of Texas and recently Tennessee to adopt the inclusion of Sikhism in social studies content. More Americans, at a young age, need to learn about Sikh culture, so they are less likely to develop prejudicial ideas about Sikh Americans and commit violent acts of religious-based discrimination. Originality/value The research is extremely rare. To date, no one else in the country has conducted research on the presentation of Sikhism in textbooks to the extent that the authors have. The authors hope that the research will encourage more dialogue and further research. The authors hope that the research will help prevent further acts of religious-based violence toward followers of the world’s sixth largest religion.

Elementary social studies textbooks

1992 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jere Brophy ◽  
Janet Alleman
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Elementary Social Studies ◽  
Social Studies Textbooks

scholarly journals Komparasi Tujuan dan Standar Kurikulum Social Studies Sekolah Dasar Kanada dan Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 592-600
Author(s):  
I Nengah Suastika
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Science Curriculum ◽  
The United States ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Environment Change ◽  
Curriculum Changes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Strategic Role ◽  
Basic Concepts

The curriculum has a strategic role in supporting teachers in carrying out the learning process and students in skills skills. Curriculum changes that have occurred in several countries such as Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Canada have shown encouraging results. It is proven that the implementation of the curriculum has brought changes, improvements and enhancements to the quality of education in the country. Based on studies conducted, the Social Science curriculum in Canada was created and developed based on subjects. The objectives of Canadian Primary School Social Studies are to provide an understanding of the basic concepts of Social Studies, develop the skills, strategies and habits of thought necessary for effective inquiry and communication, as well as to apply basic Social Science concepts, to a variety of learning tasks, and impart skills. to relate and apply the social studies obtained through social studies to the world outside the classroom. Meanwhile, the goal of elementary school social science in Indonesia is to lay the foundation of intelligence, knowledge, personality, noble morals, and skills to live independently and follow further education. The curriculum in Social Sciences Grades 1 to 6 in Canada, organizes learning in a set of basic concepts, namely systems and structures, interaction and interdependence, environment, change and sustainability, culture, and governance.

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