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ERIC Number: EJ154275
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Status of the Social Studies in the Public Schools of the United States: Facts and Impressions of a National Survey
Gross, Richard E.
Social Education, 41, 3, 194-200, Mar 77
Reports results of a national survey which measured current tendencies and major changes in social studies education in American schools. Findings indicate that social studies has suffered from proliferation of mini-courses, lack of funding, greater freedom of teaching, increased local options, and decline of social studies in elementary grades. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Public Schools, Social Studies, Tables (Data)
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