Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ510831
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
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The Social Studies Conceptual Dilemma: Six Contemporary Approaches.
Janzen, Rod
Social Studies, v86 n3 p134-40 May-Jun 1995
Maintains that, over the past 50 years, social studies educators have suggested a number of conceptual pathways for approaching their area of academic study. Presents six models: (1) cultural transmission; (2) social action; (3) life adjustment; (4) discovery; (5) inquiry; and (6) multiculturalism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, History, Inquiry, Learning Processes, Multicultural Education, Role of Education, Social Action, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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