User:Pitbulls004/Social studies

Catherine,

Great job on your edit! I think you did very well expanding on the subject field portion of the article as the original left a lot out regarding the true curriculum of what social studies truly covers. The original article just gives a brief summary, discussing the topical core elements of the class structure. By digressing on how there is such deep variety to the curriculum I think will definitely help readers who want to get a better understanding of what the field of study has to offer. I also think it is interesting how you explain the differences between history and civics and how economics ties in to the bigger picture of the field. It is very important that all three of these things garner attention because they are all so closely interrelated. Overall, great job I think the size of the contribution is very good, the sources all look good and I think you definitely fulfilled the goal of what this project was trying to accomplish.

-Stan

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In multiple countries' curriculums, social studies is the integrated study of multiple fields of social science and the humanities, including history, culture, geography, civics, and political science, though the entire field at once is rarely taught. The term was first coined by American educators around the turn of the twentieth century as a catch-all for these subjects, as well as others which did not fit into the traditional models of lower education in the United States, such as philosophy and psychology. One of the purposes of social studies, particularly at the level of higher education, is to integrate several disciplines, with their unique methodologies and special focuses of concentration, into a coherent field of subject areas that communicate with each other by sharing different academic "tools" and perspectives for deeper analysis of social problems and issues. Social studies aims to train students for informed, responsible participation in a diverse democratic society. The content of social studies provides the necessary background knowledge in order to develop values and reasoned opinions, and the objective of the field is civic competence.

Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE) is a similar term used in the education system of the Australian state of New South Wales.

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Social studies is not a subject, instead functioning as a field of study that incorporates many different subjects. It primarily includes the subjects of history, geography, economics, civics and sociology. Through all of that, the elements of ethics, psychology, philosophy, anthropology, art and literature are incorporated into the subject field itself. The field of study itself focuses on human beings and their respective relationships. With that, many of these subjects include some form of social utility that is beneficial to the subject field itself. '''The whole field is rarely taught; typically, a few subjects combined are taught. Recognition of the field has, arguably, lessened the significance of the history, with the exception of U.S. History. Initially, only History and Civics were significant parts of the high school curriculum; eventually, Economics became a significant part of the high school curriculum, as well. While History and Civics were already established, the significance of Economics in the high school curriculum is more recent. History and Civics are similar in many ways, though they differ in class activity. There was some division between scholars on the topic of merging the subjects, though it was agreed that presenting a full picture of the world to students was extremely important.'''