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Including Science/Technology/Society Issues in Elementary School Social Studies: Can We? Should We?
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Marker, Gerald W. – 1987
The focus of the curriculum in the elementary schools today is on reading, writing, and mathematics, an emphasis reinforced by state competency testing programs. This trend is lamented by science and social studies educators who argue that one of the major goals of today's education should be to produce citizens who are technologically literate.…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Education, Science Education