This paper reports findings from a study that examines the content and goals of an undergraduate social studies methods course and compares them to the beliefs, planning, and classroom practices of three elementary education student teachers. Furthermore, the study examines the factors which constrain and those which support the student teachers’ beliefs and practices in their efforts to teach social studies.
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