Teaching and learning social sciences today: a subject-based or a problem-based approach?

Authors

  • Roser Canals Cabau Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Keywords:

Social sciences, social and civic competence, social problems, key social concepts, education for citizenship, democratic values.

Abstract

The need to respond to a competence-based education for the training of critical citizens committed to the society of their time implies a rethinking of the didactic approach of the social sciences. Incorporating the study of social problems in the classroom can be a good strategy for leading students to understand that what they learn in school is useful to comprehend the world they live in and to make informed decisions.

Keywords: Social sciences, social and civic competence, social problems, key social concepts, education for citizenship, democratic values.

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Author Biography

Roser Canals Cabau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Professora de didàctica de les ciències socials de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 

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Canals Cabau, R. (2018). Teaching and learning social sciences today: a subject-based or a problem-based approach?. Revista Catalana De Pedagogia, 13, 63–87. Retrieved from https://revistes.iec.cat/index.php/RCP/article/view/144651

Issue

Vol. 13 (2018)

Section

Monographic issue. What is learnt from projects?

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