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Direct linkWestheimer, Joel; Kahne, Joseph – American Educational Research Journal, 2004
Educators and policymakers increasingly pursue programs that aim to strengthen democracy through civic education, service learning, and other pedagogies. Their underlying beliefs, however, differ. This article calls attention to the spectrum of ideas about what good citizenship is and what good citizens do that are embodied in democratic education…
Descriptors: Democracy, Citizenship Education, Service Learning, Citizenship
