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Social Studies and Motivation: High School Students' Perceptions of the Articulation of Social Studies to Work, Family, and Community
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Farman, Greg; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1978
Describes a model to evaluate the extent to which students perceive that coursework will be helpful to some future aspect of their lives. Social studies was not perceived as highly articulated with future careers, marriage, or family life, but students who expected community work to be important to their future happiness were more likely to…
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