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ERIC Number: EJ029049
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1970
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Defining the Social Studies: An Exploration of Three Traditions
Barth, James L.; Shermis, S. Samuel
Social Education, 34, 8, 743-51, Nov '70
Aims of conceptual clarity of scope and aims of social studies by offering a definition of social studies as a way of organizing, selecting and teaching content related to citizenship, and by describing the three competing traditions within the social studies. A related article is SO 500 189. (JB)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Design, Inquiry, Intellectual Disciplines, Problem Solving, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Social Values, Teaching Methods
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