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ERIC Number: EJ403152
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Future of Issue-Centered Education.
Evans, Ronald W.
Social Studies, v80 n5 p176-77 Sep-Oct 1989
Notes the current attempt to replace social studies with U.S. history and geography. Delineates the two strands of thought in the social studies reform movement and argues that there is a strong tradition of the social studies as a unified, issue-centered field of study. (SLM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography, Moral Issues, Political Issues, Problem Solving, Social Problems, Social Studies, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Issue Centered Education; Social Studies Reform