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life adjustment curriculum  

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  • Life adjustment curriculum emphasized the role of the secondary school in preparing students not for further formal schooling, but for successful engagement in the life activities of adult society. A rejection of the theory of mental discipline and a critique of academic formalism informed the rational for life adjustment curriculum. [Source: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies; Life Adjustment Curriculum]

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