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ERIC Number: EJ496935
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0889-0293
Historical Literacy.
Partington, Geoffrey
International Journal of Social Education, v9 n1 p41-54 Spr-Sum 1994
Maintains that E. D. Hirsch's book, "Cultural Literacy," is based on an anthropological rather than a normative view of societies and, therefore, does not claim that one society is more cultured than another. Concludes that historical understanding or other forms of cultural literacy requires wider criteria of significance than Hirsch proposes. (CFR)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Traits, Democratic Values, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Unity, Higher Education, History, Intergroup Relations, Logic, Philosophy, Social Differences, Social Values, Western Civilization
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Cultural Literacy (Book); Hirsch (E D); Philosophers
Note: Theme issue topic: "Cultural Literacy."