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ERIC Number: EJ243062
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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The Social Sciences: Current and Foreseeable Trends.
Shane, Harold G.; Tabler, Bernadine
Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, v10 n4 p441-55 1980
Relates trends in the social sciences to social change and explains how the impact of social sciences on the content of general education is almost certain to be of increasing importance. Concludes that effective social science learning experiences should explode myths and focus on realities, emphasize that there are alternative solutions to problems, and encourage decision making skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Higher Education, Prediction, Secondary Education, Social Science Research, Social Sciences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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