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ERIC Number: EJ498315
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
Gone but Not Forgotten-Reflections on the New Social Studies Movement.
Beyer, Barry K.
Social Studies, v85 n6 p251-55 Nov-Dec 1994
Contends that what is being proposed as thoughtful or authentic teaching in the social studies, particularly in geography and history, is similar to the "New Social Studies" movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Discusses the origins, development, and decline of the new social studies, using one program, Project Africa, as a model. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Geography, History, Inquiry, Instructional Improvement, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Africa; Experiential Approach; Fenton (Edwin); New Social Studies; Project Africa