Rethinking Social Studies Research and the Goals of Social Education

Bibliographic Data

ID11071082
AuthorsJames S Leming (corresponding author)
Year1986
Volume14
Issue2
Pages139-152
Publication date1986-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.1986.10505517
OpenAlexW2030014098
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited15

This paper examines the research on social studies curriculum's influence on the social, moral, and political attitudes of youth. It is argued that it is difficult to make a case for the social or educational significance of these findings given their small magnitude. Four alternative interpretations of this genre of research are presented. It is concluded that the social studies profession should focus primarily on the achievement of cognitive goals and that further research into curricular effectiveness without longitudinal data is of limited value. As an alternative to curricular effectiveness research, it is proposed that descriptions of the workings of exemplary programs become a major research priority

Curriculum · Educational research · Focus (optics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Social studies · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences · Psychology · Social Psychology · Values and Moral Education

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