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ERIC ED065386: Considerations Underlying a Public Issues Oriented S... |
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The content and components that can be included in the |
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social studies curriculum are dependent upon how the |
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discipline is defined. If social studies is not simply an |
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offshoot of social sciences, but, rather a required |
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general education program concerned with the preparation |
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of citizens for reflective participation in a democratic |
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society and with educational relevance, the curriculum |
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can properly focus on public issues. Such a curriculum |
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needs to be based on a realistic view of societal values |
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and their relation to public controversy. The school can |
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become a socializing force in American society depending |
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upon how the society's basic values are handled in the |
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classroom. Cohesiveness in society is dependent upon the |
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sharing of a common frame of values. First, children need |
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to be involved emotionally in commitment to basic |
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American values, then helped to develop a rational basis |
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for their values by giving additional meaning to the |
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already existing values through considering consequences |
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of value commitment, contradiction among values, and |
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conflict and the pluralistic nature of society. This |
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curriculum can be taught effectively within a school only |
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if discrepancies between avowed values and the actual |
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state of society are recognized and exposed, and only if |
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pluralistic and political commitment, interchange, and |
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involvement with society are modeled. (SJM) |
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Date Published: 2015-10-27 09:56:29 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED065386 |
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Item Size: 21845636 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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