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ERIC Number: EJ433689
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Reflections on the "New Social Studies."
Fenton, Edwin
Social Studies, v82 n3 p84-90 May-Jun 1991
Reflects on reasons why the New Social Studies movement failed. Analyzes five developments to account for its failure. Discusses the author's establishment of Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) Teaching Center. Explains how lessons from earlier attempts at educational reform have been applied at CMU. Reviews the New Social Studies movement's implications for contemporary curriculum development. (CH)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Failure, Higher Education, Instructional Material Evaluation, Material Development, Secondary School Curriculum, Social Studies, Teacher Centers, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Carnegie Mellon University PA; New Social Studies