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ERIC Number: EJ206023
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1978-Nov
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Eugenics and Curriculum: 1860-1929.
Selden, Steven
Educational Forum, v43 n1 p67-82 Nov 1978
Examines ideas about heredity, racism, and the development of the eugenics movement, which influenced curriculum thinkers in the period of the "naturalistic mind" and progressivism; the eugenics movement's influence upon education for the gifted; and continuing similar attitudes as to the limited effect of environment on individuals compared to heredity. (MF)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Development, Educational Theories, Environment, Ethnocentrism, Genetics, Gifted, Heredity, Intelligence, Naturalism, Nature Nurture Controversy, Racism, Social Attitudes, Social Values, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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