The De-Emphasis on Social Studies in Elementary Schools: Teacher Candidate Perspective

• Main Authors: Amy J Good (Author), Tina Heafner (Author), Tracy Rock (Author), Katherine A. O'Connor (Author), Jeff Passe (Author), Scott Waring (Author), Sandra Byrd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Arizona State University, 2010-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The de-valuing of social studies is becoming prevalent as schools shift emphasis to other subjects addressing national and state accountability. The teacher candidate perspective is presented from an original study regarding the de-emphasis of social studies in elementary schools (Author, et al, 200...