Surviving Its Own Rhetoric: Building a Conversational Community within the Social Studies.

VanSledright, B. A.; Grant, S. G.

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ERIC Number: EJ440308

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Surviving Its Own Rhetoric: Building a Conversational Community within the Social Studies.

VanSledright, B. A.; Grant, S. G.

Theory and Research in Social Education, v19 n3 p283-304 Sum 1991

Argues for a conversational community within the social studies profession. Explores relevant attributes of such a community. Suggests that researchers ask (1) who speaks, (2) the topics of discourse, and (3) how language is used. Concludes that a conversational community does exist but is kept from its full potential by distrust between teachers and professors, among other factors. (DK)

Descriptors: Collegiality, Communication Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Organizational Climate, Peer Relationship, Professional Development, Research Needs, Social Science Research, Social Studies, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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