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ERIC Number: EJ419209
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Social Studies for Which Century?
Cherryholmes, Cleo H.
Social Education, v54 n7 p438-42 Nov-Dec 1990
Criticizes the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' report, "Charting a Course: Social Studies for the 21st Century," for its contradictions, traditionalist views, positivistic approach to social science, and failure to identify ways to teach democratic values. Suggests that the report qualifies as an updated version of a 1950s curriculum guide. (CH)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Futures (of Society), History Instruction, Ideology, Political Science, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Sociology, Traditionalism
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Charting Course Soc Stud for 21st Cent; National Commission on Soc Studies in Schools