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Publication Date: 1988
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Why History?
Duffy, Robert E.
Social Education, v52 n6 p460-62 Oct 1988
Examines the way in which studying history contributes to intellectual development. Identifies five mental attributes it enhances: perspective--gained from placing people, events, institutions against larger background; encounter--confronting great ideas, personalities, etc.; relativism in a pluralistic world--developed from immersion in other cultures and times; analytical habit of mind--from examining differing viewpoints; and skeptical habit of mind--requiring data before decision making. (GEA)
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Language: English
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