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Publication Date: 1985
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Jeremiad and Curriculum: The Haunting of the Secondary School.
Greene, Maxine
Curriculum Inquiry, v15 n3 p333-45 Fall 1985
Discusses the "American jeremiad"--a pervasive ideological theme portraying a national mission and our failures in achieving it--and the influence of this ideology on elementary and secondary education. (MCG)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Back to Basics, Conformity, Conservatism, Cultural Images, Cultural Influences, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Development, Educational Discrimination, Educational History, General Education, Moral Values, Nationalism, Public Education, Relevance (Education), Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Self Actualization, Social Control, Social Stratification, Track System (Education), Value Judgment
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Language: English
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