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An Analysis of the Preparation of Secondary School Social Studies Teachers in Certain Selected Institutions
Abstract
Essential to a democratic form of government Is an Informed citizenry* The increasing complexity of society, the current world struggle between the ideologies of communism and democracy, the role of the United States as a world leader, and the necessity of seeking solutions to current problems of great magnitude necessitate a competence in civic affairs of the highest order on the part of the people of the United States* The very survival of our way of life depends upon the ability of citizens to meet and solve the problems of current society* To a large degree, the responsibility for formal education for citizenship rests upon the schools of the nation - elementary, secondary, and institutions of higher education* However, the major responsibility must rest with the elementary and secondary education since a large number of individuals do not continue their education past the twelfth year* Within the curriculum of the secondary school, the social studies program, by its very nature of content, must bear much of the responsibility for educating for civic competence* As one author sees it, Although certainly other areas of the curriculum make important contributions to education for democratic citizenship, the social studies forms the basic core of that education.
Subject Area
Teacher education
Recommended Citation
MORELAND, WILLIS DEJARNETTE, "An Analysis of the Preparation of Secondary School Social Studies Teachers in Certain Selected Institutions" (1956). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI0018692.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI0018692