Relativism and Indoctrination: The Critical Reception of the Commission on the Social Studies, 1926-1941

Autor/in	Watras, Joseph
Titel	Relativism and Indoctrination: The Critical Reception of the Commission on the Social Studies, 1926-1941
Quelle	In: International Journal of Social Education, 18 (2004) 2, S.47-57 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0889-0293
Schlagwörter	Social Studies; Role of Education; Social Change; Educational History; Citizenship Education; Social Development; Social Sciences; Politics of Education; Educational Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gemeinschaftskunde; Bildungsauftrag; Sozialer Wandel; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Soziale Entwicklung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	In January 1929, the American Historical Association (AHA) nominated a group of eminent scholars and famous educators to form a Commission on the Social Studies. This article shows that instead of proposing radical or misconceived ideas about the social sciences and the role of schooling in facilitating social change, the commission members offered intelligent alternatives, about which reasonable people could disagree. The evidence for this conclusion is presented. This article aims to provide an investigation into the controversies surrounding the AHA Commission on the Social Studies in order to help readers understand the role of the social studies and the relation those courses should have to the social sciences and to the development of intelligent and active citizens. (Contains 44 endnotes.) (ERIC).
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