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ERIC Number: EJ425003
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0741-143X
Critically Viewing the Social Studies: A New Literacy.
Splaine, John
Louisiana Social Studies Journal, v16 n1 p15-18 Fall 1989
Suggests incorporating critical viewing concepts and skills into social studies education to combat the influence of daily television viewing and to ensure a democratic society. Contends that children lack the concepts and skills necessary to make viewing judgments. Finds television negatively impacts on learning and decision making. (NL)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Critical Viewing, Decision Making Skills, Democratic Values, Literacy, Mass Media Effects, Social Problems, Social Studies, Student Educational Objectives, Television Viewing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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