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ERIC Number: EJ403153
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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A Dream Unrealized: A Brief Look at the History of Issue-Centered Approaches.
Evans, Ronald W.
Social Studies, v80 n5 p178-84 Sep-Oct 1989
Reviews the history of social studies as an integrated, issue-centered field of study from its inception within the progressive movement to the present. Summarizes major curricular development projects within the issues-centered orientation and speculates on the decline of the problems approach in social studies education. (SLM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Problem Solving, Social Change, Social Influences, Social Problems, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Dewey (John); Issue Centered Education; New Social Studies; Oliver (Donald); Reflective Theory; Shaver (James P); Social Studies Reform