What the schools teach: A social history of the American curriculum since 1950

The SAGE Handbook of Curriculum and Instruction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 460-477

  Franklin, Barry M ^a   Johnson, Carla C ^b   McCulloch, Gary ^c   Reese, William J ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976572.n23     Document Type: Chapter

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