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ERIC Number: EJ419206
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
The National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools: An Overview.
Metcalf, Fay; Jenness, David
Social Education, v54 n7 p429-30 Nov-Dec 1990
Provides background to the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools and its report: "Charting a Course: Social Studies for the 21st Century." Stresses that the commission represents a broad coalition from the social studies and history communities desiring curricular clarification and improved practice. Surveys the commission's primary decisions, funding, and review process. (CH)
Descriptors: Blue Ribbon Commissions, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, History Instruction, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Charting Course Soc Stu for 21st Cent; National Commission on Soc Studies in Schools