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Peer reviewedSchlene, Vickie J. – Social Studies Review, 1991
Provides a sampling of items from the ERIC database on the subject of social studies as a discipline. Includes documents on proposals to improve social education and on return to traditional emphases in history and geography. Explains how to obtain copies of documents from the ERIC system. (SG)
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Calmel, Louis – 1988
The current debate about social studies education is the focus of this paper, and the questions and the charges raised by recent surveys and reports are addressed. Survey results from the Ravitch and Finn, the Chandler, and the National Catholic Educational Association studies reflecting student ignorance of social studies knowledge are discussed.…
Descriptors: Back to Basics, Catholic Schools, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Course Content
