Are the Critics Right about Macos
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11070818 |
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| Authors | Buckley R Barnes (Georgia State University, corresponding author), Buckley Barnes, William Stallings, William M Stallings (Georgia State University), Roberta Rivner (Georgia State University) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-44 |
| Publication date | 1981-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00933104.1981.10506101 |
| OpenAlex | W2010886053 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Man: A Course of Study (MACOS) has been perhaps the most controversial curriculum in America's schools. Critics have charged that MACOS contributes to an acceptance of practices repugnant to a large segment of the population. These practices include: murder, senilicide, female infanticide, divorce, cannibalism, and cruelty to animals. The present study investigated the effects of MACOS on the attitudes of 49 fourth-grade students toward these practices and compared them with the attitudes of 46 non-MACOS students. A pre and posttest attitudinal inventory (with six sub-scales) was administered to both groups. Hotelling's T was used to compare pretest-posttest differences between the two groups. It was concluded that MACOS did not contribute to an acceptance of the six practices investigated
Curriculum · Environmental health · Medical education · Pedagogy · Population · Animal and Plant Science Education · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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