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ERIC Number: EJ430532
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Elementary Social Studies Series: Critique of a Representative Example by Six Experts.
Brophy, Jere; And Others
Social Education, v55 n3 p155-60 Mar 1991
Summarizes consensus points reached by three university professors and three elementary school teachers who examined the Silver Burdett Ginn elementary textbook series. Explains the study's methodology. Finds textbooks constrained by the expanding environments framework, limited in multicultural coverage, and inadequate in developing themes around key ideas. (NL)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills, Elementary Education, Geography Instruction, Global Approach, History Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews, Multicultural Education, Social Studies, Textbook Bias, Textbook Content, Textbook Research, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Expanding Environments Curriculum; Silver Burdett Ginn Elementary Textbook Series