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    Lawrence Metcalf proposed replacing history, government, and geography courses with a program centered around analyzing "closed areas of society," or controversial enduring issues like prejudice, racism, and poverty. He believed democratic citizens needed to openly and objectively discuss such issues to address them responsibly. Schools and teachers were called on to confront these closed off issues through reflective inquiry to replace ignorance and prejudice with rational reflection.

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    Lawrence Metcalf proposed replacing history, government, and geography courses with a program centered around analyzing "closed areas of society," or controversial enduring issues like prejudice, racism, and poverty. He believed democratic citizens needed to openly and objectively discuss such issues to address them responsibly. Schools and teachers were called on to confront these closed off issues through reflective inquiry to replace ignorance and prejudice with rational reflection.

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    METCALF’S

    RATIONAL
    ANALYSIS OF
    ISSUES
     In 1955, Hunt and Metcalf published “Teaching High
    School Social Studies: Problems in reflective thinking
    and social understanding”, which proved to be a
    major event in the history of the social studies and in
    regard to address social issues in a social studies
    classroom.
     Lawrence Metcalf’s “Rational Analysis of
    Issues” uses reflective inquiry approach and
    focusing on
    “ Closed Areas of Society”
    The aim of Metcalf is to:
     Replace history, government and geography
    by a program that centered around “closed
    areas of society”.
     CLOSED AREAS OF SOCIETY is defined as
    enduring, unresolved and often controversial
    issues, issues that were contentious in
    society.
     E.g. prejudice, Racism, Poverty are generally
    not addressed within the school or
    curriculum.
    Metcalf :
     for such approach predicated on their belief
    that citizens in a democratic society needed
    not only to be willing to confront such issue
    but to discuss them openly and objectively
    with an eye in addressing them in a
    responsible fair manner.
     Furthermore, areas / issues / problems were
    closed off to rational reflection due to
    ignorance and prejudice.
     Ultimately they not only called on schools and
    teachers to address such areas of society.
     But to stated that the most effective way of
    doing so was through the reflective process.

    The diagram illustrates the reflective process


    .
    .
     Source : “Educating About Social Issues in the
    20th and 21st Centuries (A Critical Annotated
    Bibliography Vol. 1) ” Edited by Samuel Totten
    and Jon E. Pedersen. Page:7

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