Funded by Thinking Historically for Canada's Future, a research partnership supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, this article considers how, and the extent to which, contemporary research within the area of citizenship education for preservice teachers advances the creation of more genuinely democratic and…

How do students from privileged communities respond to educational efforts encouraging them to become justice-oriented citizens? Observational and interview data collected during a semester-long case study of eleven high school students in a social studies class at an elite private school reveal four markedly different interpretations of their…

Although teachers are typically viewed as benevolent adults who have dedicated themselves to nurturing young people, this quality is called into question when teachers seek to make their classrooms justice-oriented. Since teaching is not an ideologically neutral practice, it is essential that teachers be political, especially in the current state…