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Preferred term
reconstructionism
Definition
- Reconstructionism is a group of related curriculum proposals that, although evolving from the social reconstructionist ideas of George Counts, Harold Rugg, and Jessie Newlon, developed a distinct rationale and proposal for advancing education as an agent for social reform. This movement differs from social reconstruction in its promotion of a rationale for a social issues curriculum, its use of psychology and sociology to inform this rationale, and in providing specific curricular and instructional guidelines. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Reconstructionism]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/reconstructionism
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