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Peer reviewedAkenson, James E. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Examines shortcomings of the predominant elementary social studies curriculum approach, expanding environments. Analyzes a fourth-grade text to illustrate the ways that materials reinforce this approach. Suggests that freeing the curriculum from the developmental theory of expanding environments would foster a variety of organizational patterns…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
