from session "Now we have proof"

1. Current Events and Current Issues:
Finding the Time
Frans Doppen- Ohio University
George Lipscomb- Furman University
Presentation made at NCSS- November 21, 2014
Boston, MA

2. A Distinction
Current Events
vs.
Current Issues

3. Survey Results

4. How often do you incorporate
current events into your classroom
teaching?

5. Grade level differences

6. What should we do
 Look at the impact of technology/ social media on how
current events are approached.
 Go beyond self-reporting; more shared examples (Civic
environmentalism)
 Learn what students believe about the value of
examining current events and current issues
 Find the time!