Defining the Social Studies: An Exploration of Three Traditions.

Barth, James L.; Shermis, S. Samuel

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Publication Date: 1970

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Defining the Social Studies: An Exploration of Three Traditions

Barth, James L.; Shermis, S. Samuel

Social Education, 34, 8, 743-51, Nov '70

Aims of conceptual clarity of scope and aims of social studies by offering a definition of social studies as a way of organizing, selecting and teaching content related to citizenship, and by describing the three competing traditions within the social studies. A related article is SO 500 189. (JB)

Descriptors: Citizenship, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Design, Inquiry, Intellectual Disciplines, Problem Solving, Social Sciences, Social Studies, Social Values, Teaching Methods

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