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ERIC Number: EJ154277
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Curriculum Information Network Sixth Report: Preferred Approaches to the Teaching of Social Studies
Morrissett, Irving
Social Education, 41, 3, 206-9, Mar 77
Survey results of 440 educators who designated preference for one of these social studies approaches: history, experience, critical thinking, social science, involvement. Although critical thinking was the first preference, over 70 percent of the teachers expressed belief that history was the most frequently used approach in American public schools. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Higher Education, History Instruction, Secondary Education, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Surveys, Tables (Data), Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods
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