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ERIC Number: EJ259456
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Mar
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Teaching History to Young Children.
Egan, Kieran
Phi Delta Kappan, v63 n7 p439-41 Mar 1982
Argues that it is both possible and desirable to teach history to children in the elementary grades and that it would be educationally beneficial to substitute a history curriculum for the present elementary social studies curriculum. Contends that those who infer curricula from psychologists' findings are confusing concept and content. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, History Instruction, Learning Theories, Relevance (Education), Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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