Building Strong Foundations The Research Case for Elementary Social Studies
Shanti Elangovan Shanti Elangovan is the founder and CEO of inquirED, an education startup focused on ensuring all students have the opportunity to engage in high-quality inquiry-based learning. More...
Julia Kauffman Julia H. Kaufman is the Associate Research Department Director for the Behavioral & Policy Sciences Department and senior policy researcher at RAND. More...
Natalie Wexler Natalie Wexler is an education writer and author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—And How to Fix It (Avery 2019). More...
Sam Wineburg Sam Wineburg is the founder and Executive Director of the Stanford History Education Group and Stanford's Ph.D. program in History Education. More...
NCSS & InquirED: Fall Webinar Series
Join InquirED and the National Council for the Social Studies as we examine the current state of K–8 social studies and explore efforts to define and implement high-quality instruction.Click each listing below to learn more.
Visions of Education
Episode 196
Historical Empathy Through Virtual Reality Is this the real life? Is this just empathy? In this episode of Visions of Education, Dan Krutka and Michael Milton chat with Timothy Patterson about his article Theory & Research in Social Education, “Virtual reality for the promotion of historical empathy: A mixed-methods analysis", and really everything else you want to know about. Listen here.
NCSS is proud to be an Event Partner for this Fall conference for classroom teachers, scholars, journalists, and researchers, hosted September 28 - October 1 at Flagler College in St. Augustine, FL. Presenters will share strategies for teaching difficult history, the problems educators encounter, and the importance of their work. Online and In-Person Registration Options.
NCHE and NCSS are uniting for a fourth virtual Equity Summit on October 7th, in support of our history and social studies educators and students, with a focus on book-banning and censorship. Educators from all levels are welcome to attend. Theevent is free, but registration is required.Sign Up Now!
As a NAAEE ee360+ dissemination partner, NCSS is pleased to announce that Registration for the #NAAEE2023 Annual Conference & Research Symposium is now open! Check out the exciting keynotes and pre-conference workshops, and register for this virtual event here.
The 2023 TXCSS conference promises to be one you will never forget! Teachers will meet in Houston on October 26-29 at the Royal Sonesta Galleria. This year’s theme, Inquiry and Rigor in Social Studies, focuses on the importance of creating meaningful engagement and learning experiences for students and educators at every level, and content area. Register Now.