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ERIC Number: EJ452222
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
The First Questions of Social Studies: Initiating a Conversation.
Grant, S. G.; VanSledright, B. A.
Social Education, v56 n3 p141-43 Mar 1992
Argues for a viable discourse community of the social studies profession. Suggests that such a professional conversation is characterized by an engaging and authentic topic and skilled conversationalists of equal status. Recommends that the first questions to be addressed deal with the nature of value, reality, and knowledge. (DK)
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Citizenship Education, Communication Skills, Discourse Communities, Discourse Modes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines, Learning, Organizational Communication, Social Studies, Values
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Knowledge; Reality