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Civic Education in the Preparation of Social Studies Teachers: Research-Based Recommendations for the Improvement of Teaching Methods Courses. ERIC Digest.

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Avery, Patricia G. – 2003

Recent research in civic education suggests much for shaping and focusing secondary social studies methods course work. This Digest: (1) provides an overview of selected findings from recent studies of secondary students' civic understanding and engagement; and (2) offers five research-based suggestions for social studies methods instructors.…

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Research, Methods Courses, Political Issues

National Security in the Curriculum. ERIC Digest.

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Harf, James E. – 1989

Education about national security has always been part of the social studies curriculum in U.S. high schools. But its focus has been simply chronological and episodic with major attention given to war, particularly the decision to enter it and the conduct of U.S. military forces. Little attention has been given to the evolution and structural…

Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, High Schools, History Instruction