Cultural Pressures on Curriculum.

Cavanaugh, Jerald

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Cultural Pressures on Curriculum

Cavanaugh, Jerald

Indiana Social Studies Quarterly, 27, 2, 18-24, Aut 74

The role of the school has been expanded today to include not only the perpetuation of culture and knowledge but also the creation of both. It is not surprizing then that schools lag in teaching about that which no one knows: how to deal with today's pressing social problems. (JH)

Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Anthropology, Educational Change, School Role, Social Influences, Social Problems, Social Studies

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