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ERIC Number: EJ471779
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Feeling the Weight of the World (Studies) on My Shoulders.
Scapp, Ron
Social Studies, v84 n2 p67-70 Mar-Apr 1993
Asserts that K-12 schools and colleges have made strong efforts to diversify faculty and student bodies and to expand multicultural and global education. Examines the political and social values that underlie the debate about social values, multiculturalism, and the goals of education. Concludes that world studies explores a wider world than a more traditional curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction, Global Approach, Higher Education, Multicultural Education, Outcomes of Education, Politics of Education, Social Values, Teacher Attitudes, World Affairs
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Global Education