Social Studies on the Back Burner: Views from the Field

• Autores: Neil O. Houser
• Localización: Theory and research in social education, ISSN 0093-3104, Vol. 23, Vol. 2, 1995, págs. 147-168
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Elementary social studies is “on the back burner.” Heavy competition for resources, low student interest and teacher concern, and a highly sanitized and uneven curriculum are among the conditions underlying its under representation. Among the various effects of this back burner status, limited opportunity for substantive social development is perhaps the most important. Moving social studies to the forefront of the curriculum will require an understanding of the interrelated nature of the underlying conditions and an appreciation of the classroom practitioners' considerable influence upon curriculum and instruction.