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Direct linkCuenca, Alexander – Social Studies, 2011
In light of the common mission of social studies education to prepare future democratic citizens, the field continues to be rooted in didactic and monologic practices. Finding an alibi in the current accountability movement that favors teaching about democracy instead of teaching through democracy, many social studies teachers have reneged on…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Accountability
Peer reviewedMarker, Gerald W. – Social Studies, 1991
Observes that little energy education work has been done since the early 1980s. Recommends teaching about (1) the coming transition from petroleum to other energy sources; (2) the time and policy decisions involved in the transition; (3) the need to avoid reliance upon a single, simple solution to energy problems; and (4) the link between energy…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSinger, Alan – Social Studies, 2005
In this article, the author discusses the contradictory goals of several groups and individuals that are waging war against social studies and the historians' attitudes in response to this war. He stresses that he is not claiming that these "strange bedfellows," as he comes to call them, that are attacking social studies are working in…
Descriptors: Social Studies, History Instruction, Politics of Education, Rhetorical Criticism
