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Williams, John A. – 1994
This book address the underlying problems of teaching controversial subjects in the college and university history classroom. The volume criticizes both sides of the debate, rejects calls for a uniform, chronological history curriculum, and rejects the claims that only ethnic or racial 'insiders' are qualified to teach about their communities. The…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships
Peer reviewedBrook, Diane L.; And Others – Social Education, 1995
Reports on a study of 36 U.S. teachers and 114 teachers, administrators, and students in South Africa on their knowledge and opinions of each other's culture. Finds a low level of knowledge among U.S. teachers. Discovers that neither U.S. nor South African teachers include teaching about the South African elections in their curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Blacks, Civil Liberties, Course Content
