Problems of Democracy : A Case Study in Curricular Change / Ronald W. Evans.

This study is a history of the societal-problems approach in social studies education as revealed in secondary school social studies textbooks used in Problems of Democracy courses from 1895 to 1985. The central thesis is that the definition of the problems approach and the problems selected for stu...

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Main Author: Evans, Ronald W.
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
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Physical Description:37 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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