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ERIC Number: EJ419208
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Charting a Course Backwards: A Response to the National Commission's Nineteenth Century Social Studies Program.
Nelson, Jack L.
Social Education, v54 n7 p434-37 Nov-Dec 1990
Compares 1989 National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' report, "Charting a Course: Social Studies in the 21st Century," to a similar curricular endeavor during the 1930s. Finds the 1989 version conformist, narrow, prescriptive, overly content oriented, and not reflective of educational research. Because of its academic imperialism and internal inconsistencies, contends that the report should be ignored. (CH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conformity, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Process Education, Social Problems, Social Studies, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Content Area Teaching