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Peer reviewedSmits, Hans – Canadian Social Studies, 1997
Provides a summary of postmodernist thinking and attempts to find a place for social studies in a system that abjures all accepted notions of authority and objectivity. Concludes that postmodernism's view of a world ruled by a multiple discourses is not inimical to social studies' emphasis on critical analysis. (MJP)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Education, Discourse Analysis, Educational Change
