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ERIC Number: EJ216861
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Why Schools Abandon "New Social Studies" Materials.
Marker, Gerald
Theory and Research in Social Education, v7 n4 p35-57 Win 1980
Poses eight hypotheses developed from educational change literature to explain why schools abandon innovative practices and materials in the social studies. Some explanations are that the innovation's major advocate is no longer present and that teachers had unrealistic expectations about how an innovation would perform. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Assessment, Educational Environment, Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Educational Trends, Instructional Materials, Secondary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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