Focusing on Concepts: Teaching for Meaningful Learning.

Jarolimek, John

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ERIC Number: EJ427737

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Focusing on Concepts: Teaching for Meaningful Learning.

Jarolimek, John

Social Studies and the Young Learner, v3 n3 p3-5 Jan-Feb 1991

Discusses issues and problems concerning concept development among students in elementary social studies programs. Suggests good teaching uses analogies and metaphors to facilitate learning. Recommends illustrating key concepts through myths, fables, and parables. Argues that using stories that show how things work allows students to apply the concepts. (NL)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Fables, Generalization, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Metaphors, Mythology, Social Studies, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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