Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-3-.22

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 290-3-3-.22 - General Social Studies (Grades 6-12)

(1) Rationale. These standards reflect the goal of the Alabama Course of Studies: Social Studies to develop responsible citizens and the belief of the National Council for the Social Studies that social studies educators teach students the content knowledge, intellectual skills, and civic valued necessary for fulfilling the duties of citizenship in a participatory democracy. The standards build upon the Alabama Core Teaching Standards.

(2)Program Curriculum. In addition to meeting Rules 290-3-3-.03(6)(a)1. -4., 290-3-3-.03(6)(e)1.(i) -(iii) and 2.(i)-(iii), 290-3-3-.04, 290-3-3-.05, and 290-2-2-.14, the teaching field shall require an academic major in economics, geography, history, political science/civics, or social studies that includes a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit with at least 18 semester hours of upper-division credit. Additional information is provided in the definition for academic major in Rule 290-3-3-.01(2). At a minimum, coursework must include economics, geography, history, political science/civics, the social/behavioral sciences, and may include coursework in other areas of the social studies.

(a)Content Knowledge. Prior to program completion, candidates demonstrate knowledge of social studies disciplines and are knowledgeable of disciplinary concepts, facts, and tools; structures of inquiry; and forms of representation. Specifically, candidates demonstrate knowledge about:

1. The concepts, facts, and tools in civics, economics, geography, history, and the social/behavioral sciences.

2. Disciplinary inquiry in civics, economics, geography, history, and the social/behavioral sciences.

3. Disciplinary forms of representation in civics, economics, geography, history, and the social/behavioral sciences.

(b)Application of Content through Planning. Prior to program completion, candidates demonstrate the ability to plan learning sequences that leverage social studies knowledge and literacies, technology, and theory and research to support the civic competence of learners. Specifically, candidates demonstrate ability to plan learning sequences that:

1. Demonstrates social studies knowledge aligned with the Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies, the National Council for the Social Studies C3 Framework (college, career, and civic life), and theory and research.

2. Engage learners with disciplinary concepts, facts, and tools from the social studies disciplines to facilitate social studies literacies for civic life.

3. Engage learners in disciplinary inquiry to develop social studies literacies for civic life.

4. Guide students to create disciplinary forms of representation that convey social studies knowledge and civic competence.

5. Use technology to foster civic competence. [According to NCSS, civic competence fosters "political knowledge, a self-interested investment in political engagement, and a disposition towards a more inclusive, just, and equitable society."]

(c)Design and Implementation of Instruction and Assessment. Prior to program completion, candidates design and implement instruction and authentic assessments (including, but not limited to assessing how students explain, apply, or justify their positions on various social studies topics), informed by data literacy and learner self-assessment, that promote civic competence. [According to NCSS, "data literacy for teaching social studies is the ability to transform information into actionable curriculum, content knowledge, knowledge of students, and instructional practices by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting all types of data including student learning outcomes to help determine instructional decision-making."] Specifically, candidates:

1. Design and implement a range of authentic assessments that measure learners' mastery of disciplinary knowledge, inquiry, and forms of representation for civic competence and demonstrate alignment with state-required content standards.

2. Design and implement learning experiences that engage learners in disciplinary knowledge, inquiry, and forms of representation for civic competence and demonstrate alignment with the Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies.

3. Use theory and research to implement a variety of instructional practices and authentic assessments featuring disciplinary knowledge, inquiry, and forms of representation for civic competence.

4. Exhibit data literacy by using assessment data to guide instructional decision-making and reflect on student learning outcomes related to disciplinary knowledge, inquiry, and forms of representation for civic competence.

5. Engage learners in self-assessment practices that support individualized learning outcomes related to disciplinary knowledge, inquiry, and forms of representation for civic competence.

(d)Social Studies Learners and Learning. Prior to program completion candidates demonstrate ability to use knowledge of learners to plan and implement relevant and responsive pedagogy, create collaborative and interdisciplinary learning environments, and prepare learners to be informed advocates for an inclusive and equitable society. Specifically, candidates:

1. Use knowledge of learners' socio-cultural assets, learning demands, and individual identities to plan and implement relevant and responsive pedagogy that ensures equitable learning opportunities in social studies.

2. Facilitate collaborative, interdisciplinary learning environments in which learners use disciplinary facts, concepts, and tools, engage in disciplinary inquiry, and create disciplinary forms of representation.

3. Engage learners in ethical reasoning to deliberate social, political, and economic issues, communicate conclusions, and take informed action toward achieving a more inclusive and equitable society.

(e)Professional Responsibility and Informed Action. Prior to program completion, candidates reflect and expand upon their social studies knowledge, inquiry skills, and civic dispositions to advance social justice and promote human rights through informed action in schools and/or communities. Specifically, candidates:

1. Use theory and research to continually improve their social studies knowledge, inquiry skills, and civic dispositions, and adapt practice to meet the needs of each learner.

2. Explore, interrogate, and reflect upon their own cultural frames to attend to issues of equity, diversity, access, power, human rights, and social justice within their schools and/or communities.

3. Take informed action in schools and/or communities and serve as advocates for learners, the teaching profession, and/or social studies.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 290-3-3-.22

New Rule: Filed December 13, 1990; effective February 1, 1991. Repealed and Replaced: Filed January 9, 1997; effective February 13, 1997; operative July 1, 1997. Repealed and New Rule: Filed September 11, 2003; effective October 16, 2003. Repealed and New Rule: Filed July 13, 2004; effective August 17, 2004. Repealed and New Rule: April 14, 2005; effective May 19, 2005. Repealed and New Rule: Filed August 6, 2007; effective September 10, 2007.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIII, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2015, eff. 9/17/2015.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVI, Issue No. 12, September 28, 2018, eff. 10/28/2018; operative 6/1/2019.

Amended by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXIX, Issue No. 11, August 31, 2021, eff. 10/15/2021.

Previous Rule.20 was renumbered.22 per certification published August 31, 2021; effective October 15, 2021.

Author: Dr. Eric G. Mackey

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 16-3-16, 16-23-14.