Dealing with Controversial Issues: A Responsibility.

Adler, George

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ERIC Number: EJ198699

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Publication Date: 1979-Apr

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Dealing with Controversial Issues: A Responsibility.

Adler, George

Social Education, v43 n4 p325,327 Apr 1979

Maintains that positive results are yielded to students and to society when controversial issues are dealt with in the social studies curriculum. Suggests that the role of the social studies teacher is to help students explore controversial issues in an open, nonbiased, and nonthreatening atmosphere. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Opinions, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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