... teacher candidates (TCs) to make connections between place-based education and elementary social studies education?” Design/methodology/approach This qualitative case study examined how elementary TCs learned about, researched, curated and created place-based social studies educational resources...

...Ariel Cornett; Alexa M. Quinn Purpose Using morning meeting, an evidence-based practice that is part of the responsive classroom (RC) approach, the authors (two teacher educators [TEs]) created opportunities for teacher candidates (TCs) to experience representations, decompositions...

...Sarah B. Brooks Purpose The National Council for the Social Studies (2014, 2017) has called for increased attention to religion in social studies curriculum. A small but growing body of research has examined the preparation of social studies teacher candidates to teach about world religions...

...Audrey C. Rule; Sarah E. Montgomery; Denise A. Tallakson; Mary K. Stichter; Allison Barness; Katie M. Decker This study of 65 elementary school teacher candidates enrolled in social studies methods classes examined attitudes toward currently contentious curriculum issues before and after...