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Jenifer A. Crawford; Robert A. Filback; Pedro A. Noguera – Teacher Educator, 2025
The University of Southern California (USC) Democracy Project responds to the inadequacies of traditional civics education, particularly its failure to engage marginalized students in meaningful democratic participation. Grounded in the theories of John Dewey and Paulo Freire, the project uses an action civics model to connect students with…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Citizenship Education, State Universities, Democracy
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Sigal Ozery Roitberg – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2025
Contemporary literature reveals that many educators, especially those in elementary schools and in conflict-effected societies, are reluctant to engage in the teaching of current public issues, even more so social controversies. However, this qualitative study examined the successful experience and the perspectives of educators from two elementary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Current Events