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Abowitz, Kathleen Knight; Harnish, Jason – Review of Educational Research, 2006
Meanings of "citizenship," a concept that has informed teaching practices since nation-states first institutionalized schooling, are shaped over time and through cultural struggles. This article presents a conceptual framework for the discourses that currently construct the meanings of citizenship in contemporary Western cultures,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Feminism, Democratic Values
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Popenici, Stefan – Teaching Education, 2005
This essay investigates the challenge for schools in Romania to educate their students in the civic virtues. Educators have to deal not only with the legacy of Soviet ideologies, but also with the avalanche of messages concerning citizenship that are embedded in the market-driven media that are increasingly being watched by Romanian students.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Mass Media Effects, Imagination
Demaine, Jack, Ed.; Entwistle, Harold, Ed. – 1996
Thirteen authors reflect on different ideas of communitarianism and citizenship and on the ways those ideas find application in the fields of education, politics, and social welfare. Looking beyond communitarian ideology, the volume offers a more detailed discussion of citizenship in contemporary society. The essays are: (1) "Beyond…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Civil Liberties