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ERIC Number: EJ094549
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Educational Critics Have Been Wrong All Along: Long Live Tradition!
Shermis, S. Samuel
Phi Delta Kappan, 55, 6, 403-406, Feb 74
Argues that if conformity is what culture demands, then schools that emphasize dull, fixed, ritualistic, and conformist behavior are functional. (Author)
Descriptors: Conformity, Conventional Instruction, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools, Socialization, Traditional Schools
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