The Expanding Environments and Elementary Education
A Critical Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11070896 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James E Akenson (Tennessee Technological University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-52 |
| Publication date | 1989-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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 | 10.1080/00933104.1989.10505578 |
| OpenAlex | W2041264668 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 16 |
Contemporary elementary social studies retains the marks of influence of the expanding environments organizational framework. Developmental theories influenced, and continue to influence, elementary social studies and the expanding environments. Historical evidence and research into children's knowledge of the social world points to flaws in the expanding environments. Suzanne Langer's symbolic theory of art and C. Wright Mills's model of biography and history provide additional metaphors for thinking about elementary social studies. Development of a fourth grade Tennessee history textbook receives analysis in light of the continued resiliency of the expanding environments and the texts which convey it
Biography · Epistemology · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Primary education · Social science · Social studies · Sociology · Visual arts · Wright · Digital Storytelling and Education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · History · Psychology
(Re)Configuring ‘home’ for highly mobile children in early childhood education curriculum in the U.S
Conceptions of citizenship in Philippine elementary Social Studies
The Political Socialization of Children in the Expanding Environments Sequence
Elementary Social Studies
A Reconceptualized Rationale for Elementary Social Studies
Included, but how? A critical investigation into elementary social studies standards about religion
Mind
Character and Social Structure
Trivial and Noninformative Content of Elementary Social Studies
The Sociological Imagination
Elementary Social Studies Textbooks and Legitimating Knowledge
John Dewey and the Social Studies Curriculum
The Development of Children's Economic Reasoning
Searching for Substantial Knowledge in Social Studies Texts
Philosophical Sketches
The sociological imagination
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2026 (35) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |