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ERIC Number: EJ476700
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
National Standards and Civic Education in the United States.
Butts, R. Freeman
International Journal of Social Education, v7 n3 p86-94 Win 1993
Maintains that the world is nearing the end of a great age of democratic revolutions. Asserts that civic or citizenship education is in danger of being sidetracked by the national educational reform movement. Argues that "CIVITAS," a civic education curriculum framework, provides a model for effective citizenship education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, History Instruction, Politics of Education, Social Sciences, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: America 2000; Center for Civic Education (CA); CIVITAS; National Education Goals Panel