Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education: Understanding the Inquiry Design Model

by S.G. Grant, Kathy Swan, John K. Lee

Now in its second edition, Inquiry-Based Practice in Social Studies Education: Understanding the Inquiry Design Model presents a conceptual base for shaping the classroom experience through inquiry-based teaching and learning. Using their Inquiry Design Model (IDM), the authors present a field-tested approach for ambitious social studies teaching. They do so by providing a detailed account of inquiry's scholarly roots, as well as the rationale for viewing questions, tasks, and sources as inquiry's foundational elements. Based on work done with classroom teachers, university faculty, and state education department personnel, this book encourages readers to transform classrooms into places where inquiry thrives as everyday practice. The second edition includes a new chapter highlighting three ways that the blueprint acts as an assessment and curriculum system, as well as updated and enhanced references throughout the book.

Both pre-service and in-service teachers are sure to learn strategies for developing the reinforcing elements of IDM, from planning inquiries to communicating conclusions and taking informed action. The updated curricular and pedagogical examples included make this practical book essential reading for researchers, students of pre-service and in-service methods courses, and professional development programs.

Genres: Teaching

156 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2022

About the author

S.G. Grant has been a professor of Social Studies Education at Binghamton University since 2008. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Maine and his Ph.D. from Michigan State University. He has worked as a high school social studies teacher in the state of Maine and as consultant in the Maine Department of Education and as a professor at the University at Buffalo.

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goodreads does not have the book that I read - Inquiry Design Model, Building Inquiries in Social Studies - but it's by the same authors as this one, so mine must be a later edition.

C3 Frameworks necessitates that we look at the way we teach social studies courses. This book helps to distill the idea of inquiry and how to use this model to teach. I found the information on compelling questions and arguing points very helpful. This book offers a step by step method for designing inquiry instruction. This is exactly what we need in a competency-based education system. It's not about the content standing alone; it's about using the content to demonstrate mastery of skills. This is what all content areas need to keep in mind when developing curriculum.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I actually read "Inquiry Design Model, Building Inquiries in Social Studies" by these authors, but the book is not in Good Reads...Very practical. I'm using the process now and will in the future!