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Guiding Principles in the Teaching of Social Studies

Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning inform the design and implementation of all academic standards. All educational initiatives are guided and impacted by important and often unstated attitudes or principles for teaching and learning. The Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning provide the touchstone for practices that truly affect the vision of every child a graduate prepared for college and career. The principles inform what happens in the classroom, the implementation and evaluation of programs, and remind us of our own expectations for students.
Based on its acronym "MAVIC" means teaching social studies must be M- meaningful, A-active , V- value , I- integrative, and C-challenging; in this guiding principles the teacher must know the social sciences which he teaches. He/she must have resources of knowledge at his disposal and he should possession and be familiar with the books in his/her field. If he does not have the facts in his/her mind, he/she should know where to go to obtain them. The teacher should know something definite about the development of social studies as it is. He/she should know not only his own special field in the social studies but he/she should have studied or read widely in the other social fields. He/she would thus broaden his/her own equipment and enrichen his/her teaching.

There are guiding principles which relate themselves to the teacher: (1) he must know the social studies and for this there is no substitute; (2) he must realize that these studies are one and he should en courage their co-operation; (3) he should adopt a philosophy of personal thinking in relation to society.

Every student has the right to learn
It is our collective responsibility as an education community to make certain each child receives a high-quality, challenging education designed to maximize potential, an education that reflects and stretches his or her abilities and interests. This belief in the right of every child to learn forms the basis of equitable teaching and learning. The five principles that follow cannot exist without this commitment guiding our work.

Instruction must be rigorous and relevant
To understand the world in which we live, there are certain things we all must learn. Each school subject is made up of a core of essential knowledge that is deep, rich, and vital. Every student, regardless of age or ability, must be taught this essential knowledge. What students learn is fundamentally connected to how they learn, and successful instruction blends the content of a discipline with processes of an engaging learning environment that changes to meet the dynamic needs of all students.

By this guiding principles teaching social studies can be more effective and challenging for every students in the class. 

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