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ERIC Number: EJ267629
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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The New Middle Class and the Organization of Curricular Knowledge.
Holmes, Margaret M.
Theory and Research in Social Education, v10 n2 p33-44 Sum 1982
Examines the relationship between social class and curriculum organization. It is suggested that the inquiry and critical thinking elements of social studies curricula share a style of social control most extensively attempted in the 1970s open classroom movement. (AM)
Descriptors: Course Content, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education, Inquiry, Middle Class, Open Education, Social Class, Social Status, Social Studies, Social Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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