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ERIC Number: EJ367389
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Restoring Cultural Literacy in the Early Grades.
Hirsch, E. D., Jr.
Educational Leadership, v45 n4 p63-70 Dec-Jan 1987-88
Outlines the importance and the relationship between the teaching of cultural literacy and the teaching of basic skills (such as reading) to students in the early grades. Points out that educators need to reexamine the slogans that undermine the teaching of traditional knowledge to young children. Includes references. (MD)
Descriptors: Art Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Parent School Relationship, Skill Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reference Materials - Bibliographies; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Literacy; Hirsch (E D)