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Direct linkMcGee, Christy D. – Parenting for High Potential, 2012
Young gifted children can become passionately interested in social justice. It makes sense that children who are astutely aware their own differences could and would become interested in the well-being of others. It seems that preschool programs have been slow to recognize the value of service-learning to their students, but Freeman and King…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Gifted, Preschool Children, Service Learning
Empson, G. Raymond – Our Children, 2003
Suggests how parents can help their children learn to be good and productive citizens, explaining why it is important and offering six ways to get started: listen to one's children and explore their interests, learn more about the cause one's children care about, participate, partner, be a leader, celebrate the good results of family stewardship…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education
Holden, Cathie – Educational Review, 2004
Education for citizenship has the teaching of social and moral education, community involvement and political literacy at its core. Perhaps more than any other curriculum area, the influence of the home is significant, yet little is known of the extent to which parents support the teaching of citizenship. This paper presents the findings from a…
Descriptors: Parent Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Case Studies
Cohen, Amy – Our Children, 2003
Service learning can improve communities while preparing students for a lifetime of responsible citizenship. It helps students learn and develop through active participation in thoughtfully organized services that occur in and meet the needs of communities. Volunteering at a young age can lay the foundation for a lifelong commitment to community…
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Service Learning, Student Participation
Peer reviewedSchine, Joan G.; Scales, Peter C. – PTA Today, 1992
Discusses the importance of students learning to make a difference in the community. Until recently, young people had many real responsibilities, but now, such opportunities do not occur naturally. The article examines what parents and schools can do to encourage youth service in the home, school, and community. (SM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Responsibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Responsibility, Student Participation
Stotsky, Sandra – American School Board Journal, 1991
Multicultural education has at least two faces--an academic one and an ideological one. Encouraging the balkanization of U.S. culture threatens to undermine the academic integrity of the social studies curriculum. Offers suggestions to make sure that schools are offering an academically rigorous multicultural curriculum, not political…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Board of Education Policy, Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness
