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ERIC Number: EJ426788
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Authentic Education: Resolving the Process-Content Dichotomy in Curriculum Debates.
Riner, Phillip S.
Journal of Humanistic Education and Development, v29 n2 p61-68 Dec 1990
Describes authentic education, seeing it as distinguished from curriculum intents in that it combines motives of learners and educational purposes into meaningful learning that enables the learner to deal with increasing amounts of the surrounding world. Asserts that process and content are not opposing dimensions but are two facets of the same element of curriculum design. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Authentic Learning