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Peer reviewedEgan, Kieran – Curriculum Inquiry, 1978
Discusses definitional disorientation in the field of curriculum. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Definitions, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEgan, Kieran – Curriculum Inquiry, 1983
Social studies curricula are flawed by wrong assumptions about learning, by forcing history and geography (the two original components of social studies programs) to socialize students rather than allowing them to stand as autonomous disciplines, and by a confused concept of course content. The social studies approach to history should be allowed…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction
