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ERIC Number: EJ403155
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Proposals for a Typical Issue-Centered Curriculum.
Engle, Shirley H.
Social Studies, v80 n5 p187-91 Sep-Oct 1989
Outlines a method for modifying the current social studies curriculum so it can be taught from an issue-centered approach. States that conventional courses in history and geography would be organized around the study of a select number of important issues and illustrates the way these classes would be taught using this approach. (SLM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation, Problem Solving, 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: Issue Centered Education; Reflective Theory; Social Studies Curriculum; Social Studies Reform