It Is Time to Abolish the Mythology That the Social Studies Constitute a Discipline.

Keller, Clair W.

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ERIC Number: EJ446499

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Publication Date: 1991

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It Is Time to Abolish the Mythology That the Social Studies Constitute a Discipline.

Keller, Clair W.

International Journal of Social Education, v6 n2 p69-77 Fall 1991

Traces the history of the debate over the status of social studies as a discipline. Discusses the events in the battle between a federated curriculum based on history and a fusionist curriculum. Urges that the debate be ended on the grounds that social studies is not, and never has been, a discipline. (DK)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational History, Fused Curriculum, Geography, History Instruction, Intellectual Disciplines, Secondary Education, Social Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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