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Charting a Course Backwards: A Response to the National Commission's Nineteenth Century Social Studies Program.
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Nelson, Jack L. – Social Education, 1990
Compares 1989 National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' report, "Charting a Course: Social Studies in the 21st Century," to a similar curricular endeavor during the 1930s. Finds the 1989 version conformist, narrow, prescriptive, overly content oriented, and not reflective of educational research. Because of its academic…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conformity, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
The Commission Report and Citizenship Education.
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Engle, Shirley H. – Social Education, 1990
Criticizes the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' report, "Charting a Course: Social Studies for the 21st Century." Questions the report's chronological exposition of history, exclusion of social problems until twelfth grade, emphasis on content, lack of selectivity, and declarative mood. Contends that, by ignoring…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Content Analysis, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Critical Thinking
Social Studies for Which Century?
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Cherryholmes, Cleo H. – Social Education, 1990
Criticizes the National Commission on Social Studies in the Schools' report, "Charting a Course: Social Studies for the 21st Century," for its contradictions, traditionalist views, positivistic approach to social science, and failure to identify ways to teach democratic values. Suggests that the report qualifies as an updated version of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides