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ERIC Number: EJ500339
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
And Miles to Go before We Sleep: Toward a Usable Past of the Social Studies. Reaction.
Davis, O. L., Jr.
Theory and Research in Social Education, v23 n1 p52-59 Win 1995
Asserts that social studies practitioners and researchers often misinterpret their history as an extension of the present. Discusses issues and progress in the small, but growing, field of research into the history of social studies education. Concludes that the field's history has been neglected. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, History, Social Change, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: National Council for the Social Studies