附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-197) and index.
Introduction: The struggle for social studies -- Establishing traditional history -- The 1916 compromise : the report on social studies -- Social studies in hard times : social reconstructionism and the educational frontier -- War and the war on social studies -- The Cold War and the return to academic study -- The era of the new social studies -- The runaway train of standards reform -- Conclusion: The continuing struggle for meaningful learning.
摘要:The history of social studies is a story of dramatic turf wars among competing political camps. In this volume, Ronald Evans describes and interprets this history and the continuing battles over the purposes, content, methods, and theoretical foundations of the social studies curriculum. --from publisher description.
