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ERIC Number: EJ471783
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
World Studies in Secondary Schools and the Undermining of Ethnocentrism.
Zevin, Jack
Social Studies, v84 n2 p82-86 Mar-Apr 1993
Argues that global or world studies should be a key course in the secondary curriculum. Asserts that knowledge of Western culture cannot prepare students adequately for participation in an interdependent world. Describes dominant and alternative approaches to teaching world studies. (CFR)
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Strategies, Empathy, Ethnocentrism, Global Approach, International Education, Multicultural Education, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, World History
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Global Education