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Ehrhardt, Cathryn – Updating School Board Policies, 1988
In 1985, California launched a 2-year curriculum reform initiative in history and social science that could eventually bring new standards of learning in these areas. Professional studies and student surveys relate a common message: a more extensive, literature-based, issue and idea-oriented curriculum, and better teaching methods would increase…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1983
A series of exercises developed and used by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) focusing on citizenship and social studies objectives is provided. Every year since 1969, NAEP has gathered information about levels of educational attainments of 9-, 13-, and 17-year-olds and young adults (26-35) across the nation. Ten learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Citizenship Education, Educational Assessment

Kobus, Doni Kwolek – Social Education, 1992
Examines multicultural and global education in relation to the growing concern for equity and social justice in the social studies curriculum. Suggests that global education studies global equity, whereas multicultural education teaches national equity. Argues that both types of programs, if well-designed and implemented, can fulfill the U.N.…
Descriptors: Childrens Rights, Citizen Role, Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness

Hepburn, Mary A. – Social Studies, 1993
States that cultural pluralism has been important in U.S. society since the founding of the Republic. Identifies four conceptualizations of pluralism, two based on assimilation and two based on the persistence of multiculturalism. Concludes that a multicultural society that acknowledges common core values is essential to the success of the U.S.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Citizenship Education, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Cogan, John J., Ed.; Dericott, Ray, Ed. – 1998
This book discusses findings of the Citizenship Education Policy Study (1993-97), a project to develop a new, multidimensional model of citizenship education that transcends traditional nationalist conceptualizations. Five "generic" attributes of citizenship are a sense of identity, enjoyment of certain rights, fulfillment of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citizenship Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Delphi Technique
Rimmerman, Craig A. – 1993
This paper provides an overview and critique of a team taught, senior level, interdisciplinary college course entitled "AIDS: Challenges and Crises." The details of the course and its underlying rationale are outlined. The paper concludes with a curriculum proposal rooted in the idea of critical education for citizenship. Those who teach political…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Community Action
Audigier, F.; Lagelee, G. – 1993
This seminar report describes debates that centered around three civic educational themes of identity/citizenship, civics and school life, and the study of the European Convention on Human Rights along with ideas presented at the opening of the seminar and general conclusions at the end. The discussion of civic education led to a range of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Liberties, Classroom Techniques
Merriman, W. Richard, Jr. – 1986
Given the role that initiatives and referenda have played in state and local governance, it is interesting that there has never been a national initiative or referendum in the United States. The reason for this is that the Constitution of the United States does not provide for direct citizen initiation of, or direct popular votes on, either…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Constitutional History, Democratic Values
Lefever, Ernest W., Ed. – 1985
Addressed to those responsible for educating the rising generation, this collection of excerpts from educational reports is designed to reflect and to encourage the recent emphasis on excellence and civic virtue in public schools. After a foreword by President Reagan, the publication presents an essay by William J. Bennett discussing…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Discipline, Educational Change
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

Vandenberg, Donald – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 1992
Describes the work of Harry S. Broudy and his impact on public education in the United States. Maintains that Broudy believed that universal values can be grounded in human nature. Presents Broudy's view that students in secondary grades should study the arts and humanities to acquire the values necessary for participatory citizenship. (CFR)
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Aesthetic Values, Art Education, Citizenship Education
Mohrman, Kathryn – Trusteeship, 1999
College leaders make powerful statements about institutional values by the characteristics they measure and the activities they support. Trustees and presidents can focus on liberal arts goals by making sure students and parents understand what a liberal arts education represents; setting high academic standards; emphasizing teaching, learning,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Citizenship Responsibility, College Instruction, College Planning
Wright, Norma D. – 1996
The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore those characteristics of at-risk youth who have succeeded in overcoming adverse environmental conditions and to focus on the role of law-related education (LRE) in promoting the development of those characteristics that lead to healthy behavior. At-risk youth are defined as those who have been…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Communication Skills, Critical Thinking, Delinquency Prevention
Quisumbing, Lourdes R. – 1994
This study explores the Philippine experience in values development. The primary goal of providing values education at all three levels of the school system in the Philippines is the development of a person committed to building a free, democratic, peaceful, and progressive nation. The program hopes to develop Filipinos who possess the following…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
National Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report from the Goal 3 Technical Planning Subgroup focuses on three areas that have been identified as important to improving the citizenship education of students: community service, voter registration of 18- to 20-year-olds, and knowledge of citizenship. (The aim of Goal 3 of the National Education Goals is that by the year 2000 American…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Indicators, Educational Objectives