Challenges of Social Science Literacy

Abstract: Since international tests compare the performance of students in different subjects, the issue of literacy in the social science subject is becoming more pressing. The successes and failures in international tests influence the national education policies considerably. First, the inclusion of subjects in international comparisons has consequences for their importance. Second, the race in the Olympics of education leads to an increasing focus on the output of educational processes, also measured in the central exams. Social Sciences can refuse to take part in the national comparison studies with the price of losing much more importance; they can participate with the danger of undermining their goals. This raises a lot of questions: What competences students need in this social world to reason about it und to act responsibly? What is the foundation of concepts from social science students need for guidance and understanding their place and role as an individual in society? The social.... http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/535

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Challenges of Social Science Literacy ; volume:9 ; number:4 ; day:03 ; month:12 ; year:2010 ; Journal of social science education ; 9, Heft 4 (03.12.2010)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Weber, Birgit

Further information

• DOI: 10.4119/jsse-535
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019011815364158118319
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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