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Hudson-Ross, Sally – Social Studies, 1989
Criticizes schooling for showing student progress toward developing questioning skills. Suggests that a student-centered classroom can give students the freedom to ask substantive questions and empower them to control their own learning. Describes how student questions can be utilized in the classroom. Urges teachers to avoid imposing knowledge on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Discovery Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Seeking

Janzen, Rod – Social Studies, 1995
Maintains that, over the past 50 years, social studies educators have suggested a number of conceptual pathways for approaching their area of academic study. Presents six models: (1) cultural transmission; (2) social action; (3) life adjustment; (4) discovery; (5) inquiry; and (6) multiculturalism. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Discovery Learning