Conservative Ideology and Curriculum.

Selden, Steven

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Publication Date: 1977

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Conservative Ideology and Curriculum

Selden, Steven

Educational Theory, 27, 3, 205-22, Sum 77

Schooling in America was originally geared to training children to conform to the existing social order and to remain content with their position in the social hierarchy; while this conservative educational philosophy has gradually changed, some traces of it remain today. (JD)

Descriptors: Conformity, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives, Identification (Psychology), Political Socialization, Social Behavior, Social Bias, Social Class, Social Values

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