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ERIC Number: EJ415763
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Social Studies for Nation Building: A View from a Developing Society.
Griffith, Anthony D.
Social Studies, v81 n4 p161-65 Jul-Aug 1990
Discusses the role of social studies education in a developing nation, both in theory, and as it is practiced in the English-speaking Caribbean. Diagrams a dynamic for teaching social studies in developing societies. Contends that social studies education has a unique role to play in the enterprise of nation building. (DB)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Developing Nations, Development, Educational Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Human Resources, Modernization, Role of Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Caribbean