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The Shape Of Things To Come: Reconceptualizing World History Curriculum For A Global Era, Ryan S. Bates
The Shape Of Things To Come: Reconceptualizing World History Curriculum For A Global Era, Ryan S. Bates
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This critical and philosophical study explores the relationship between globalization, the evolution of structural education reform policy (i.e., the standards and accountability movement), and the purpose of secondary history/social studies education in American society. From A Nation at Risk to Obama’s A Blueprint for Reform, federal education policy has narrowed the vision of public education in the United States for the past 30 years.
The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. question the purpose of history/social studies education in light of the effects of globalization on American public education reform; 2. propose a new rationale for world history curriculum …