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ERIC Number: EJ450762
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
History and the Social Studies: A Response to the Critics.
Whelan, Michael
Theory and Research in Social Education, v20 n1 p2-16 Win 1992
Defends the Bradley Commission on History in Schools' and the National Commission on Social Studies' recommendations that history should be the basis of social studies instruction. Discusses claims that such an approach is ideologically conservative and unsupported by research. Addresses the suggestion that the study of social problems is the proper focus of social studies. (SG)
Descriptors: Conservatism, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Ideology, Social Problems, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Bradley Commission on History in Schools; National Commission on Social Studies in Schools