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ERIC Number: EJ198699
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Apr
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Dealing with Controversial Issues: A Responsibility.
Adler, George
Social Education, v43 n4 p325,327 Apr 1979
Maintains that positive results are yielded to students and to society when controversial issues are dealt with in the social studies curriculum. Suggests that the role of the social studies teacher is to help students explore controversial issues in an open, nonbiased, and nonthreatening atmosphere. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Opinions, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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