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ERIC Number: EJ244707
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Apr
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The Social Studies Curriculum: Status and Potentials for Reform.
Helburn, Suzanne W.
Teaching Political Science, v8 n3 p339-62 Apr 1981
Argues that social studies educational reforms fail because their goals of promoting active citizenship education through the social studies curriculum are inconsistent with citizenship educational functions of the school. Identifies conditions which encourage and inhibit change and recommends change strategies. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, School Role, Social Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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