Discusses eight issues analyzed at a conference of 55 social studies leaders at Stanford University in 1979. Issues include effective scope and sequence of curriculum; basis for selection of content; achievement tests; methods for assuring implementation of new courses, approaches, and materials; and improvement of the status of social studies.…

Addresses the need for a balance between skills- oriented and content-oriented approaches to teaching social studies. Suggests a program in which an updated skills sequence could be interposed over an identified scope of prime content. (Author/KC)

The six stages of citizenship development through which a child passes from the time of birth are discussed, and the teaching methods and curriculum for citizenship education that are appropriate at the various levels are described. (RM)

Contends that the problems approach is new to most teachers and is at odds with the dominant curricular trend that includes reliance on textbooks and content-oriented courses. Concludes that there is a formidable set of forces opposing the implementation of such a curriculum. (SLM)