Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ545307
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
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Navigating the Unity/Diversity Tension in Education for Democracy.
Parker, Walter C.
Social Studies, v88 n1 p12-17 Jan-Feb 1997
Argues that the United States always has possessed a unified political culture (representative democracy defined by compromise and consensus) and a fragmented ethnic and social culture. Claims that concerns about the divisive effect of multicultural education confuse the two realms. Suggests some curriculum topics that address both ideas. (MJP)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Democratic Values, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnicity, Multicultural Education, North American Culture, Outcomes of Education, Progressive Education, Social Change, Social Influences, Social Integration, Social Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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