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Stotsky, Sandra – 1992
Civic education "means explicit and continuing study of the basic concepts and values underlying our democratic political community and constitutional order" (Butts 1988, 184). It draws its content chiefly from four disciplines: political science, jurisprudence, history, and economics. Political science and jurisprudence provide an…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education