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| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
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| Administrators | 3 |
| Practitioners | 3 |
| Teachers | 3 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
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| Goals 2000 | 3 |
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Peer reviewedNash, Gary B.; Dunn, Ross E. – Social Studies Review, 1995
Discusses the controversy surrounding the National Standards for World History and the National Standards for United States History. Maintains that people are finding out how unjust the criticism of the History Standards is. Includes supportive quotes about the standards from teachers and historians. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, History
Peer reviewedNash, Gary B.; Dunn, Ross E. – Social Education, 1995
Reports on the controversy about the National History Standards, released in 1994 as part of the Goals 2000 program. Argues that the standards encourage critical thinking skills, active learning, use of primary sources, and integration of art and literature into history. (CFR)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSchillings, Denny – Social Education, 1994
Presents a speech by the president of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), given at the organization's annual meeting. Discusses the national standards movement and contends that the NCSS standards integrate knowledge from the full spectrum of the social sciences and the humanities. (CFR)
Descriptors: Course Content, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides
