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cultural epoch theory  

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  • Cultural epoch theory is a 19th- and early 20th-century theory that assumes human development to recapitulate or mirror the historical development of the human race. Educational and psychological scholars such as Johann Frederich Herbart and G. Stanley Hall are prominent early proponents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Cultural Epoch Theory]

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