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ERIC Number: EJ515419
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0093-3104
Integrative Social Studies for Urban Middle Schools: A Case for Multiple Literacies.
Hollingsworth, Sandra; And Others
Theory and Research in Social Education, v23 n3 p204-33 Sum 1995
Argues that the integration of mainstream literacy into social studies instruction is necessary to ensure that students in urban middle school classrooms learn content. Also argues for instruction from a "multiple literacies" approach in order to validate and engage disinterested students. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Females, Intermediate Grades, Literacy, Males, Middle Schools, Public Schools, Sex Differences, Social Discrimination, Social Studies, Sociocultural Patterns, Student Motivation, Urban Areas, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Student Differences