Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ549865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1191-162X
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Citizenship Education in Postmodern Times--Posing Some Questions for Reflection.
Smits, Hans
Canadian Social Studies, v31 n3 p126-30 Spr 1997
Provides a summary of postmodernist thinking and attempts to find a place for social studies in a system that abjures all accepted notions of authority and objectivity. Concludes that postmodernism's view of a world ruled by a multiple discourses is not inimical to social studies' emphasis on critical analysis. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Education, Discourse Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories, Educational Trends, Epistemology, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Moral Issues, Postmodernism, Social Studies, Teaching Experience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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