Social Studies is to teach knowledge, skill, thinking, value, attitude, action for the objective of citizenship education. But most of curriculum, textbooks, classrooms in social studies are composed of teaching knowledge. And teaching knowledge itsel...
Social Studies is to teach knowledge, skill, thinking, value, attitude, action for the objective of citizenship education. But most of curriculum, textbooks, classrooms in social studies are composed of teaching knowledge. And teaching knowledge itself is not a problem but the method of teaching knowledge(the method of indoctrination) is a problem in Korea. In the first part, this treatise analyzes the theoretical aspects of knowledge and teaching knowledge(especially focused on concept and generalization) in social studies and proposes that the relationship of example/fact and concept/generalization is important in teaching knowledge. In the second part, this treatise analyses three social studies(major in social science) teachers`` classroom and their PCK(pedagogical content knowledge) in order to clarify the practical aspects of teaching knowledge in social studies. In conclusion, this treatise confirms three types of PCK, such as 1) teaching knowledge with experience, 2) teaching knowledge with materials and media, 3) teaching knowledge with context and example.