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ERIC Number: EJ195361
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978-Oct
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The Two Cultures Debate Today.
Smith, Ralph A.
Oxford Review of Education, v4 n3 p257-65 Oct 1978
Discusses the "two cultures debate," initiated in 1959, which emphasized the moral obligation of rich countries to help poor ones, and the need to reform education in order to provide people with a common culture that included scientific literacy. Article examines reactions to the theory in 1959, directions the debate took, and status of the debate today. (Author/AV)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Educational Change, Intellectual Development, Physical Sciences, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Literacy, Social Problems, Technology Transfer, Theories
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Language: English
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