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ERIC Number: EJ605757
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
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Taboo Topics: Cultural Restraint on Teaching Social Issues.
Evans, Ronald W.; Avery, Patricia G.; Pederson, Patricia Velde
Social Studies, v90 n5 p218-24 Sep-Oct 1999
Considers the taboo topics that social studies teachers avoid or de-emphasize, such as topics that tend to provoke strong emotional reactions. Addresses the reasons for the stifling of taboo topics and finds that the closer a topic is to students' lives the more likely the topic is labeled as taboo. (CMK)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Agenda Setting, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Relevance (Education), Social Problems, Social Studies, Student Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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