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Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures--A Curriculum That Promotes Civic Ends and Meets Developmental Needs
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Lee, Carol D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2021
If schools are to prepare students to participate more productively in civic life, schools will need to ensure that they have opportunities to practice the skills of civic reasoning, argues Carol Lee. Yet schools are challenged by the limits in the curriculum and the difficulty of addressing the different types of prior knowledge that students…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Skill Development, Student Diversity
Preparation for Capable Citizenship: The Schools' Primary Responsibility
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Rebell, Michael A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2018
The 2016 presidential campaign and its aftermath have underscored the extreme polarization of the electorate, the dismissal of people with opposing views, and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided and factually erroneous information. In addition, only a small proportion of those who are eligible actually vote, and a declining…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, School Role, Role of Education, Educational Environment
Madam Secretary, Help Us Improve Social-Emotional Learning
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Elias, Maurice J.; Nayman, Samuel J.; Duffell, Joan C.; Kim, Sarah A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
Considering the key role of social-emotional and character development (SECD) competencies in college, career, and life success--and considering that many of those competencies are teachable--there is no excuse for failing to incorporate them systematically into our education system. That would be the equivalent of depriving children of oxygen.…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Skill Development, Policy Formation