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Democratic Education for Social Studies - An Issues-centered Decision Making Curriculum (Hardcover, Second Edition) Loot Price: R2,956
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Democratic Education for Social Studies - An Issues-centered Decision Making Curriculum (Hardcover, Second Edition)

Richard Diem, Jeff Passe; Edited by Anna S Ochoa-Becker

Series: International Social Studies Forum

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In the first edition of this book published in 1988, Shirley Engle and I offered a broader and more democratic curriculum as an alternative to the persistent back-to-the-basics rhetoric of the '70s and '80s. This curriculum urged attention to democratic practices and curricula in the school if we wanted to improve the quality of citizen participation and strengthen this democracy. School practices during that period reflected a much lower priority for social studies. Fewer social studies offerings, fewer credits required for graduation and in many cases, the job descriptions of social studies curriculum coordinators were transformed by changing their roles to general curriculum consultants. The mentality that prevailed in the nation's schools was "back to the basics" and the basics never included or even considered the importance of heightening the education of citizens. We certainly agree that citizens must be able to read, write and calculate but these abilities are not sufficient for effective citizenship in a democracy. This version of the original work appears at a time when young citizens, teachers and schools find themselves deluged by a proliferation of curriculum standards and concomitant mandatory testing. In the '90s, virtually all subject areas including United States history, geography, economic and civics developed curriculum standards, many funded by the federal government. Subsequently, the National Council for the Social Studies issued the Social Studies Curriculum Standards that received no federal support. Accountability, captured in the No Child Left Behind Act passed by Congress, has become a powerful, political imperative that has a substantial and disturbing influence on the curriculum, teaching and learning in the first decade of the 21st century.

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Imprint: Information Age Publishing
Country of origin: United States
Series: International Social Studies Forum
Release date: November 2006
First published: November 2006
Series editors: Richard Diem • Jeff Passe
Editors: Anna S Ochoa-Becker
Dimensions: 240 x 162 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 346
Edition: Second Edition
ISBN-13: 978-1-59311-591-3
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory
Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > Curriculum planning & development
Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > General
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LSN: 1-59311-591-1
Barcode: 9781593115913

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