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ERIC Number: EJ365323
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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President's Report: Profession's Great Debate.
Tucker, Jan L.
Social Studies Professional, n90 p2 Jan-Feb 1988
Discusses the type of social studies education that is needed to prepare students for life in the twenty-first century. Examines recent pleas for improved cultural literacy and knowledge of our national heritage. Concludes that these pleas are "wrongheaded" and that their implementation would divert attention from global trends that are influencing our lives in critical ways. (GEA)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Cultural Literacy