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ERIC Number: EJ403156
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Lessons from the Past: The Future of an Issues-Centered Social Studies Curriculum.
Shaver, James P.
Social Studies, v80 n5 p192-96 Sep-Oct 1989
Reviews the constraints on implementing an issue-centered approach to social studies education and argues that schools play an important role in socializing students into society. Concludes that advocates of new theories of social studies education must take into account the realities of contemporary school and society. (SLM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Problems, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Political Socialization, Problem Solving, Social Influences, Social Studies, Socialization
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