When Natural Disasters Strike, How Can We Help? Participatory Citizenship and Internet Resources

Autor/inn/en	Gallavan, Nancy P.; Maiden, Shannon R.
Titel	When Natural Disasters Strike, How Can We Help? Participatory Citizenship and Internet Resources
Quelle	In: Social Studies and the Young Learner, 29 (2017) 3, S.14-16 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-0300
Schlagwörter	Natural Disasters; Internet; Citizen Participation; Social Studies; Current Events; Citizenship Education; Citizenship Responsibility; Educational Technology; Technology Uses in Education; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Gemeinschaftskunde; Aktualität; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Unterrichtsmedien; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen
Abstract	Today's teachers want to capture their learners' attention and strengthen their knowledge, skills, and dispositions "to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an interdependent world." Social studies class can become the place and time where young learners begin to experience competence as they grapple with complex and controversial issues. Current events provide information that matters and is happening now, in their world. In this article, the authors discuss how featuring current events in the classroom can produce four desirable outcomes. Each of these outcomes contributes to strengthening "good citizenship," as young learners comprehend "that their actions can make a difference" locally and globally. Teachers can meet the challenge of connecting young learners with current events and promoting civic engagement by studying (and not turning away from) natural disasters when they are reported in the news. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01