Nancy P Gallavan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6346796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nancy P Gallavan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nancy P |
| FAMILY NAME | Gallavan |
| SIGNATURE | GALLAVAN N P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Arkansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Advancing Social Studies Learning for the 21 st Century with Divergent Thinking
Social studies teachers of all grade levels are responsible for (a) connecting students with standards-based content, (b) engaging students in their own learning, (c) expanding students’ levels of understanding by co-constructing new knowledge, (d) motivating students to express and exchange ideas with one another, and (e) incorporating social studies across the curriculum and into their students’ lives. To achieve powerful learning that is meani…
Connecting Content, Context, and Communication in a Sixth-Grade Social Studies Class through Political Cartoons
Sixth-grade students are challenged in understanding social studies content relevant to particular contexts, then connecting the content and context to their contemporary lives while communicating new knowledge to peers and teachers. Using political cartoons published after September 11, 2001, one sixth-grade social studies teacher designed probing questions and developed meaningful learning experiences relating historical events to current conce…
Visualizing the Life and Legacy of Henry VIII
Delving into the life and legacy of Henry VIII is both complex and captivating. People seem compelled to learn more abut his critical contributions and controversial conduct that range from the significant to the scandalous. Reflecting on the history of the world would be incomplete without investigating the events and escapades associated with Henry VIII, whose impact of 500 years ago resonates through today's society and into the future through…
Constructing Rubrics and Assessing Progress Collaboratively with Social Studies Students
When social studies students have a role in the processes of designing assignments, constructing rubrics, and conducting assessments, they participate in authentic democratic principles relative to their own learning. When given voice, choice, and ownership in their education, social studies students gain opportunities to strengthen their depth of engagement, expand their breadth of responsibility, and increase their degree of satisfaction. Conco…
Examining Teacher Candidates' Views on Teaching World Citizenship
Teacher educators must identify criteria and develop cohesive programs featuring curricular content and instructional strategies necessary for preparing teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required to begin teaching all learners in the twenty-first century. Teacher educators also must anticipate classroom teachers' needs and design professional development to appropriately advance and support them throughout their care…
Eight Types of Graphic Organizers for Empowering Social Studies Students and Teachers
Graphic organizers offer visual models that equip teachers and students with tools, concepts, and language to organize, understand, and apply information. Many teachers, concerned that social studies tends to overwhelm students, feel social studies is viewed as a complex and confusing subject unrelated to the contemporary world. Graphic organizers help students sort, show relationships, make meaning, and manage data quickly and easily before, dur…
The Lunch Date
Effective teacher education should guide preservice and practicing teachers in comprehending and facilitating educational concepts and pedagogical practices that examine and promote equity for all learners. Teachers and young learners benefit from sundry opportunities to recognize their self identities and to celebrate both individual and shared cultural characteristics while increasing their understanding and appreciation of others and society. …
When Parallel Lives Intersect
As we travel through life, our journeys offer myriad observations, relationships, and experiences. By chance and choice, our journeys align closely with and are guided by other people's journeys; from these associations we form a sense of our individual cultural characteristics and self-identities. Simultaneously, our journeys follow courses that remain distant and distinct from other people's paths; yet our observations and interpretations from …
Decision Making, Self-Efficacy, and the Place of Career Education in Elementary School Social Studies
(2003). Decision Making, Self-Efficacy, and the Place of Career Education in Elementary School Social Studies. The Social Studies: Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 15-19
After the Reading Assignment
Cultural Diversity and the NCATE Standards
As teacher-education programs across the United States seek to comply with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards to provide accountability and improve teacher preparation, they are challenged by two NCATE standards in particular: composition of candidates for licensure and the composition of the faculty. This article describes 1 large university's activities during the last 10 years in their attempts to inc…
Empowering geographic questions with multicultural perspectives
Teachers frequently ask their students various types of geographic questions. The questions may be relevant to academic content and the learning process or they may be pertinent to students' personal lives. All geographic questions and conversations yield ideal opportunities for teachers to convey powerful multicultural perspectives integrated within the context of their curriculum and daily teaching practices. Many teachers are not aware of the …
Examining Teacher Candidates' Views on Teaching World Citizenship
Teacher educators must identify criteria and develop cohesive programs featuring curricular content and instructional strategies necessary for preparing teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required to begin teaching all learners in the twenty-first century. Teacher educators also must anticipate classroom teachers' needs and design professional development to appropriately advance and support them throughout their care…
Constructing Rubrics and Assessing Progress Collaboratively with Social Studies Students
When social studies students have a role in the processes of designing assignments, constructing rubrics, and conducting assessments, they participate in authentic democratic principles relative to their own learning. When given voice, choice, and ownership in their education, social studies students gain opportunities to strengthen their depth of engagement, expand their breadth of responsibility, and increase their degree of satisfaction. Conco…
Cultural Diversity and the NCATE Standards
As teacher-education programs across the United States seek to comply with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards to provide accountability and improve teacher preparation, they are challenged by two NCATE standards in particular: composition of candidates for licensure and the composition of the faculty. This article describes 1 large university's activities during the last 10 years in their attempts to inc…
Empowering geographic questions with multicultural perspectives
Teachers frequently ask their students various types of geographic questions. The questions may be relevant to academic content and the learning process or they may be pertinent to students' personal lives. All geographic questions and conversations yield ideal opportunities for teachers to convey powerful multicultural perspectives integrated within the context of their curriculum and daily teaching practices. Many teachers are not aware of the …
Cultural Diversity and the NCATE Standards
As teacher-education programs across the United States seek to comply with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards to provide accountability and improve teacher preparation, they are challenged by two NCATE standards in particular: composition of candidates for licensure and the composition of the faculty. This article describes 1 large university's activities during the last 10 years in their attempts to inc…
After the Reading Assignment
When Parallel Lives Intersect
As we travel through life, our journeys offer myriad observations, relationships, and experiences. By chance and choice, our journeys align closely with and are guided by other people's journeys; from these associations we form a sense of our individual cultural characteristics and self-identities. Simultaneously, our journeys follow courses that remain distant and distinct from other people's paths; yet our observations and interpretations from …
Decision Making, Self-Efficacy, and the Place of Career Education in Elementary School Social Studies
(2003). Decision Making, Self-Efficacy, and the Place of Career Education in Elementary School Social Studies. The Social Studies: Vol. 94, No. 1, pp. 15-19
The Lunch Date
Effective teacher education should guide preservice and practicing teachers in comprehending and facilitating educational concepts and pedagogical practices that examine and promote equity for all learners. Teachers and young learners benefit from sundry opportunities to recognize their self identities and to celebrate both individual and shared cultural characteristics while increasing their understanding and appreciation of others and society. …
Eight Types of Graphic Organizers for Empowering Social Studies Students and Teachers
Graphic organizers offer visual models that equip teachers and students with tools, concepts, and language to organize, understand, and apply information. Many teachers, concerned that social studies tends to overwhelm students, feel social studies is viewed as a complex and confusing subject unrelated to the contemporary world. Graphic organizers help students sort, show relationships, make meaning, and manage data quickly and easily before, dur…
Examining Teacher Candidates' Views on Teaching World Citizenship
Teacher educators must identify criteria and develop cohesive programs featuring curricular content and instructional strategies necessary for preparing teacher candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required to begin teaching all learners in the twenty-first century. Teacher educators also must anticipate classroom teachers' needs and design professional development to appropriately advance and support them throughout their care…
Constructing Rubrics and Assessing Progress Collaboratively with Social Studies Students
When social studies students have a role in the processes of designing assignments, constructing rubrics, and conducting assessments, they participate in authentic democratic principles relative to their own learning. When given voice, choice, and ownership in their education, social studies students gain opportunities to strengthen their depth of engagement, expand their breadth of responsibility, and increase their degree of satisfaction. Conco…
Visualizing the Life and Legacy of Henry VIII
Delving into the life and legacy of Henry VIII is both complex and captivating. People seem compelled to learn more abut his critical contributions and controversial conduct that range from the significant to the scandalous. Reflecting on the history of the world would be incomplete without investigating the events and escapades associated with Henry VIII, whose impact of 500 years ago resonates through today's society and into the future through…
Advancing Social Studies Learning for the 21 st Century with Divergent Thinking
Social studies teachers of all grade levels are responsible for (a) connecting students with standards-based content, (b) engaging students in their own learning, (c) expanding students’ levels of understanding by co-constructing new knowledge, (d) motivating students to express and exchange ideas with one another, and (e) incorporating social studies across the curriculum and into their students’ lives. To achieve powerful learning that is meani…
Connecting Content, Context, and Communication in a Sixth-Grade Social Studies Class through Political Cartoons
Sixth-grade students are challenged in understanding social studies content relevant to particular contexts, then connecting the content and context to their contemporary lives while communicating new knowledge to peers and teachers. Using political cartoons published after September 11, 2001, one sixth-grade social studies teacher designed probing questions and developed meaningful learning experiences relating historical events to current conce…
Pedagogy (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Mathematics education (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy (8 works) · Social studies (7 works) · Teaching method (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Curriculum (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)