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ERIC Number: EJ605746
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Implications of Issues-Centered Education for the Social Studies Curriculum.
Wraga, William G.
International Journal of Social Education, v13 n1 p49-65 Spr-Sum 1998
Suggests that issues-centered education has two implications for the social studies curriculum: (1) the application and eventually the integration of subject knowledge and modes of inquiry; and (2) the development of interdisciplinary patterns of curriculum organization, such as fused or the core curriculum, to accommodate the imperative for integration. (CMK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Problem Solving, Social Problems, Social Studies, Traditional Schools
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Issue Centered Education