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The social studies wars : what should we teach the children? / Ronald W. Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Ronald W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social sciences--Study and teaching--United States--History.
- Social sciences.
- Social sciences--Study and teaching.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 213 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- This work describes and interprets the continuing battles over the purposes, content, methods, and theoretical foundations of the social studies curriculum.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The struggle for social studies
- Establishing traditional history
- The 1916 compromise : the report on social studies
- Social studies in hard times : social reconstructionism and the educational frontier
- War and the war on social studies
- The Cold War and the return to academic study
- The era of the new social studies
- The runaway train of standards reform
- Conclusion: The continuing struggle for meaningful learning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807744190
- 0807744204
- OCLC:
- 52943086
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