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ERIC Number: EJ200391
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-May
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The Revival of Civic Learning: A Rationale for the Education of Citizens.
Butts, R. Freeman
Social Education, v43 n5 p359-64 May 1979
Presents three reasons to be concerned about citizenship education: the argument from history, the need to counteract the mood of pessimism and alienation concerning government and schooling and to redirect educational priorities, and the signs which indicate that the present is the time for a revival of civic learning. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Citizenship, Civics, Educational History, Educational Needs, Educational Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Attitudes, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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