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ERIC Number: EJ525475
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
There's Too Much to Teach: Cultural Wealth in an Age of Scarcity.
Martin, Jane Roland
Educational Researcher, v25 n2 p4-10,16 Mar 1996
It is argued that a reductive definition of cultural wealth, the unwarranted equation of education and schooling, and a narrow conception of the aim and functions of schools have given rise to a false sense of security about what is transmitted as the country's cultural heritage. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Culture, Curriculum Development, Definitions, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, School Role, Security (Psychology), Youth Problems
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Values; Culture Transmission
Note: Paper presented as the twentieth De Garmo lecture sponsored by the Society of Professors of Education at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (San Francisco, April 1995).