A Framework for Utilizing the Community for Social Learning in Grades 4 to 6.

Armstrong, David G.; Savage, Tom V., Jr.

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Publication Date: 1976

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A Framework for Utilizing the Community for Social Learning in Grades 4 to 6

Armstrong, David G.; Savage, Tom V., Jr.

Social Education, 40, 3, 164-7, Mar 76

A model is provided which shows how the community can become a laboratory in which the learner studies data and makes decisions. In the community laboratory, learners are both participants and observers, helping them understand why they live as they do and how citizens work together to improve community life. (Author/JR)

Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Models, School Community Relationship, Social Development, Social Studies, Teaching Methods

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