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Peer reviewedLesourd, Sandra J. – Social Studies, 1986
Examines the influence of sociocultural variables on the persistence of an American cultural-heritage curriculum approach and the entrenched rote learning of content in African schools. Offers a number of explanations for the persistence of teacher-presentation and student-recitation as dominate modes of instruction. (JDH)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Education, Educational Methods
