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ERIC Number: EJ549955
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-4681
Educational Psychology Meets the Christian Right: Differing Views of Children, Schooling, Teaching, and Learning.
Berliner, David C.
Teachers College Record, v98 n3 p381-416 Spr 1997
Examines theories of child rearing and education promoted by the Christian Right, contrasting them with those advanced by educational psychology research. The paper also analyzes the curriculum used in many fundamentalist Christian schools, and opposition of the Christian Right to outcome-based education and whole-language reading instruction. (SM)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Christianity, Conservatism, Democratic Values, Discipline, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Elementary Secondary Education, Outcome Based Education, Political Attitudes, Politics of Education, Public Education, Public Schools, Social Values, Traditionalism, Whole Language Approach
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Christian Right