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ERIC Number: EJ294984
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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The Affective Domain and "A Nation at Risk."
Taber, Gary Davisson
NASSP Bulletin, v68 n470 p49-52 Mar 1984
In contrast to recent reports that view the role of public education as transmitting an accumulated body of knowledge, theorists arguing that education should also develop students' creative and emotional side are cited. The conclusion is that teachers need to learn to use the affective domain to promote students' cognitive achievement. (MJL)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Humanistic Education, Public Education, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: A Nation at Risk; Carnegie Commission Report