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ERIC Number: EJ476752
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Theoretic Storm over Practical Reality: The Nonproductive Dispute between School History and the Social Studies.
Davis, O. L., Jr.
International Journal of Social Education, v8 n1 p23-30 Spr 1993
Argues that dispute between history and social studies in the curriculum is not recent but goes back 75 years. Asserts the term "social studies" is not a separate discipline but simply an umbrella term to describe the broad field of social subjects offered in the school curriculum. Calls for an end to the dispute between history and social studies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Global Approach, History, History Instruction, Social Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: National Council for the Social Studies; New Social Studies