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ERIC Number: EJ476754
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Reform and the Social Studies: What's at Stake?
Dynneson, Thomas L.
International Journal of Social Education, v8 n1 p42-49 Spr 1993
Describes the ongoing debate between the student-centered and the discipline-centered approach to curriculum development. Contends that the demand that social studies be made more discipline centered for economic/vocational reasons may result in a loss of the social education skills that employers rate as important. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, History, Outcomes of Education, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Centered Curriculum, Vocational Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: National Commission on Social Studies in Schools; National Council for the Social Studies