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Title: Lets Talk About Content


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Lets Talk About Content
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The Nature of Knowledge
  • Process/product controversy (is it what or how to
    know that is important?)
  • Three ways people know what they know (knowledge
    received, knowledge discovered, knowledge
    constructed)
  • Knowledge constructed relies on the interaction
    of language and thought (Vygotsky) as well as the
    social aspects of knowledge construction

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Anthropology
  • The study of culture and cultural norms
  • Anthropologists incorporate elements of behavior,
    economics, political science, sociology,
    psychology into their investigations

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What do Anthropologists do?
  • Develop case histories of groups
  • Prepare descriptive accounts of the mores and
    patterns of different groups
  • Data includes previous writings, artifacts,
    informants, and eye witness observations

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What methods do anthropologists use?
  • Indirect observation (maps, census data, writings
    of others, examination of artifacts, interviews
    with informants)
  • Direct observation (time with participants,
    interviews)
  • Participant observation (field notes collected as
    a part of joining the group)

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Key Concepts
  • Acculturation
  • Artifacts
  • Culture
  • Diffusion
  • Enculturation
  • Personality
  • Role
  • Tradition

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Economics
  • The study of the production and consumption of
    goods and services (both human and material)

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What do Economists do?
  • Analyze use of various resources
  • Focus on issues of scarcity and choices
  • To understand the consequences of choices

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Key Concepts
  • Consumer
  • Corporation
  • Demand
  • Division of Labor
  • Goods
  • Opportunity Cost
  • Producer
  • Profit
  • Services
  • Supply

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Geography
  • Focuses on space
  • Interested in the dynamics and interactions of
    variables at a particular place

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What do geographers do?
  • Develop descriptions of regions or places or
    investigate special topics involving spatial
    interactions.
  • Most geographers either look at regions (Amazon)
    or special topics (migration)

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What methods do geographers use?
  • Analyzing existing maps
  • Analyzing graphs and charts
  • Interpreting aerial and other photographs
  • Developing descriptions of places or phenomena
  • Using statistical techniques

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Key Concepts
  • Areal association
  • Central place
  • Region
  • Situation
  • Spatial interaction

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History
  • Encompasses past events in all areas
  • Is history a science or a collection of stories?
  • Less predictive
  • What do we consider historical past events?

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What do historians do?
  • Pose questions about past human interaction
  • See appropriate sources of data
  • Develop explanations and inferences to answer
    questions

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Sociology
  • The study of groups and the subsequent norms of
    behavior that human beings exhibit
  • Ex. Family, ethnic groups, society, nation,
    suburban dwellers, migrant workers, business
    executives, drug users

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What do sociologists do?
  • Study groups
  • Ask analytical questions about groups and their
    behavior
  • Methods direct observation, indirect
    observation, interviews, other writings

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Key Concepts
  • Integrated group
  • Nonintegrated group
  • Norms
  • Socialization
  • Values

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Political Science
  • Focus on governing processes and the power
    structure found in those processes
  • Human behavior as it relates to political
    systems, governments, laws and international
    relations
  • Attempt to determine the existence of and analyze
    the relationships among the people and
    institutions that make up political systems

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What methods do political scientists use?
  • Explanation by purpose or intention
  • Probabilistic explanation

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Key Concepts
  • Authority
  • Government
  • Power
  • Political system

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Your Task
  • Are young children able to engage in the study of
    all of these social studies?
  • Are young children able to use these social
    science methodologies?
  • Can young children understand the underlying key
    concepts? If so, how?
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