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ERIC Number: EJ389780
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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History, Social Sciences, and the Social Studies.
Schneider, Donald O.
Social Education, v53 n3 p148-54 Mar 1989
Addresses the issue of social studies as an academic field of study and whether or not there is a fixed body of knowledge in the social studies. Examines scope and sequence, the purpose and function of history and social sciences in school programs, and social studies as citizenship education. (LS)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, History, Political Science, Social Studies, Textbooks
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Council for the Social Studies
Note: Paper presented at the National Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting (68th, Orlando, FL, November 18-21, 1988).