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ERIC Number: EJ469693
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
The Context of Civic Competence and Education Five Hundred Years after Columbus.
Anderson, Charlotte C.
Social Education, v57 n4 p160-64 Apr-May 1993
Reports on the importance of cultural diversity and global interdependence as a foundation for a new civic culture. Argues that social studies educators must resist efforts to fragment the field and instead support the concept of an integrated social studies curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Global Approach, International Relations, Multicultural Education, Social Studies, World Affairs
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: America 2000