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ERIC Number: EJ443713
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-4675
Social Studies in the Middle School.
Social Studies Texan, v7 n3 p66-74 Fall 1991
Provides direction for developing appropriate and meaningful social studies instruction for the development of responsible citizenship in adolescents. Suggests that curriculum design should have some relationship to physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development. Identifies concerns with the self, right and wrong, others, and the world as unifying motifs for the social studies curriculum. (DK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cooperative Learning, Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Educational Research, Ethical Instruction, Global Approach, Interdisciplinary Approach, Intermediate Grades, Middle Schools, Self Concept, Self Esteem, Social Studies, Student Development, Teaching Methods, Values Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Task Force on Social Studies in the Middle School