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Engaging P-20 Students Through Modern Social Studies Education
DescriptionEngaging P-20 students, learners spanning from early childhood through graduate education, requires social studies instruction that reflects the complex, digital world. Modern social studies education emphasizes critical thinking, inquiry-based learning, and the integration of technology to help students better understand historical events, cultural diversity, civic responsibility, and global relations. By incorporating interactive resources, digital media, collaborative projects, and real-world problem solving, educators can make social studies more relevant and meaningful for learners. These approaches may increase students’ understanding of society and history while fostering the skills needed for participation in the global community. Engaging P-20 Students Through Modern Social Studies Education explores how modern teaching strategies, technology, and interactive learning methods increase engagement among P-20 students in social studies education. It examines how innovative instructional approaches help students develop critical thinking, civic awareness, and a deeper understanding of historical and contemporary global issues. This book covers topics such as educational technology, student engagement, and civic engagement, and is a useful resource for educators, sociologists, academicians, researchers, and scientists.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Lesia Lennex (Ed.)
Dr. Lesia Lennex is a Professor of Education at Morehead State University in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education. She teaches P-12 curriculum and instruction, grades 8-12 social studies curriculum and instruction, and edtech. Her research areas include P16 3D technologies, technology issues and integration for P16 schools, biology and social studies curriculum, and ethnobotany. Dr. Lennex was awarded both MSU’s Distinguished Researcher and Adron Doran Fellowship. Lennex is professionally committed to scholarly productions and leadership with the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). She has served as Chair of the special interest groups (SIG) Social Studies Education, Science Education, and Information Technology Education and to shared governance in higher education, having been elected and served three times as Faculty Senate President. Lennex is a Master Reviewer for Quality Matters P-12, higher education, and continuing professional education courses. Dr. Lennex took her Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies education, with supporting areas in botany and American history from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She also holds a BA in Anthropology (minor Zooarchaeology) and MS in Curriculum and Instruction, Social Studies education (minor Historical Archaeology).
Benjamin Fitzpatrick (Ed.)
Benjamin Fitzpatrick
is an Associate Professor History at Morehead State University. He received his B.A. from Eastern Kentucky University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame where he was awarded the Graduate Teaching Award from the Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning. His specialty is African American history with an emphasis on slavery and the slave trade. His additional research interests include antebellum cultural and political history and antebellum Kentucky history. For the past twenty years, he has dedicated his career to teaching U.S. History at the college level, serving as a Visiting Lecturer at Eastern Kentucky University and Indiana University, South Bend, and as an Assistant Professor of History at Florida State College, Jacksonville. Dr. Fitzpatrick teaches a variety of American history courses, including the Civil War and Reconstruction and Kentucky History. In addition, for the past several years, he has worked to promote history education by serving as a scholar consultant for the Kentucky Humanities Council’s Kentucky Chautauqua program.
Michael Kessinger (Ed.)
Michael Kessinger
is an Associate Professor, Education Leadership at Morehead State University. He currently serves as the program leader for K-12 Administration and Leadership and P-12 Administrative Leadership specialization area in the doctoral program. He is a retired P-12 educator and administrator. Dr. Kessinger earned his Doctor of Education from the University of Kentucky; Education Specialist from Morehead State University (KY); Master in Secondary Education: Morehead State University (KY); and his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire in Mathematics and Psychology. He also holds teaching certifications in the areas of computer science and gifted education. Over the past few decades, he has presented a multiple state, regional, national, and international conferences on various topics such as AI, gifted services, technology instruction, food insecurities, and school administration.
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