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ERIC Number: EJ244729
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-May
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Comparing an Aesthetic and a Political Approach to Teaching World History.
Grant, Evelyn T.; Napier, John D.
Social Education, v45 n5 p372-75 May 1981
Discusses a study undertaken to examine the effects on student achievement and attitudes of an integrated approach to teaching world history (termed the aesthetic approach) by comparing it to a traditional approach (termed a political approach). Findings indicated that the aesthetic approach was a more effective means of presenting a broad range of knowledge and of improving student attitudes. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aesthetic Education, Comparative Analysis, History Instruction, Political Influences, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, World History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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