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ERIC Number: EJ476718
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Could This Be the End of History. Point of View.
McBride, Lawrence W.
Social Education, v57 n6 p282-83 Oct 1993
Argues that the definition of social studies approved by the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) may do more harm than good to the Organization. Contends that history and geography groups now control the educational reform effort in social studies and that NCSS will have a difficult time regaining the initiative. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Problems, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Higher Education, History, History Instruction, Secondary School Curriculum, Social Studies, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education Programs
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: America 2000; National Council for the Social Studies