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Crabtree, Charlotte; Nash, Gary B. – 1994
Developed through a broad-based national consensus building process, the National History Standards project has involved working toward agreement both on the larger purposes of history in the school curriculum and on the more specific history understandings and thinking processes that all students should have equal opportunity to acquire over 12…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction, Intermediate Grades
Crabtree, Charlotte; Nash, Gary B. – 1994
Developed through a broad based national consensus building process, the National History Standards project has involved working toward agreement both on the larger purposes of history in the school curriculum and on the more specific history understandings and thinking processes that all students should have equal opportunity to acquire over 12…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Decision Making, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction
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Seixas, Peter – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1993
Reviews the role of history in the U.S. social studies curriculum. Explains that differing interpretations of history and the purposes of history have had a significant impact on the structure of the K-12 social studies curriculum. Argues that the time is ripe for historians and social studies educators to renew cooperative efforts. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Change
Crabtree, Charlotte; Nash, Gary B. – 1994
Developed through a broad-based national consensus building process, the national history standards project has involved working toward agreement both on the larger purposes of history in the school curriculum and on the more specific history understandings and thinking processes all students should have equal opportunity to acquire over 12 years…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Historical Interpretation
Booth, Martin B. – 1992
In 1988 the Education Reform Act was passed in England. Among its clauses, the one that laid the framework for a centralized, national curriculum represented the most significant change. One of the key aspects of the national curriculum concerned the way in which student achievement and progress were to be measured. Attainment was to be assessed…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Child Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment