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Are you looking for a practical elementary social studies methods text that provides a strong balance between the theory and effective practice? Take a moment to explore the ninth edition of Teaching and Learning Elementary Social Studies today. This well-respected text explains, illustrates, and encourages developmentally appropriate practice while promoting engaged, exploratory learning and reflection. A host of practical lessons are found throughout the book, as examples and launching points for effective social studies teaching. A central purpose of the book is to address and nurture the strategies and tactics necessary to achieving the social studies goals of participatory citizenship, knowledge of our world, self-realization and regulation, and social and moral growth. - Back cover.