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Direct linkLavine, Peter – Social Education, 2014
Political participation is seriously unequal. For example, young adults who finish college vote at almost three times the rate of contemporaries who have dropped out of high school. That gap translates into disparities by race and class. Effective civic education can reduce such inequality and make our democracy more representative. Teaching…
Descriptors: Voting, Teaching Methods, Citizen Participation, Civics
Davies, Ian; Flanagan, Bernie; Hogarth, Sylvia; Mountford, Paula; Philpott, Jenny – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
We raise questions about young people's participation in light of findings from a project ("Democracy through Citizenship") funded by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Limited, and managed by the Institute for Citizenship. Following a six-month feasibility study the project took place over a three-year period in one local authority in the…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Citizenship, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Weinstein, Jack Russell – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2004
The purpose of this article is to investigate appropriate methods for educating students into citizenship within a pluralistic state and to explain why civic education is itself important. In this discussion, I will offer suggestions as to how students might be best prepared for their future political roles as participants in a democracy, and how…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Teaching Methods, Cultural Pluralism, Citizen Participation
Lower Merion Township School District, Ardmore, PA. – 1972
Three separate teacher and student books for the Project 18 course are included in this packet. The objective is to help students develop a positive attitude and to motivate them toward political participation. Teaching strategies for six sections, which run the gamut from simulation to lecture, focus on practical politics. The six sections are as…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Elections, Instructional Materials
Download full textMadden, John R. – 1972
A program description of a social studies curriculum development project supported by an ESEA Title III Grant is presented in this paper. The course, designed for secondary students who will soon be voting, focuses on the importance of active involvement and citizenship responsibility for participation in the democratic process. The major…
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics
Sigel, Roberta S. – 1977
This paper analyzes a study designed to determine if students understand the concept of democracy and can apply democratic principles. It also compares the study with related investigations conducted in Europe and calls for improved teaching to make the concept of democracy comprehensible. In 1974, 1,000 high school seniors in Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Activism, Citizen Participation, Civics
