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ERIC Number: EJ317522
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Social Knowledge, Action and the Curriculum.
Gilbert, Robert J.
Social Education, v49 n5 p380-83 May 1985
Certain fundamental perspectives on social issues have become conventions in the way society is represented in school curricula, distorting the kind of social understanding needed by young people. Among these distorting conventions are functionalism, determinism, and individualism. These approaches to social education are analyzed; alternative emphases are suggested. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Power, Individualism, Social Development, Social Problems, Social Studies, Social Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Determinism; Functionalism; New Criticism