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ERIC Number: EJ395897
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Vocabularies, Knowledge and Social Action in Citizenship Education: The Highlander Example.
Oldendorf, Sandra Brenneman
Theory and Research in Social Education, v17 n2 p107-20 Spr 1989
Examines the history and vocabularies of the Highlander Folk School (Tennessee), an adult education school emphasizing decision-making, critical thinking, and active citizen participation. Encourages social studies teachers to become aware of their vocabularies, using the Highlander example in the discourse about the nature of knowledge and the role of social action. (LS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aural Learning, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Learning Theories, Secondary Education, Semantics, Social Action, Social Studies, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Dewey (John); Highlander Folk School TN; Reflective Inquiry; Tennessee