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ERIC Number: EJ578514
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Teaching Social Issues through a Discipline-Based Curriculum.
Evans, Ronald W.
Social Studies Review, v38 n1 p70-76 Fall-Win 1998
Proposes an alternative way of addressing the California Framework through an issues-centered approach to teaching social studies. Describes issues-centered education as instruction infused with reflection on problematic questions related to social issues. Discusses ways of implementing issues-centered social studies curricula and note resources for creating issues-centered lessons. (DSK)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Social Problems, Social Studies, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Issues Approach