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Kahne, Joseph; Middaugh, Ellen – Social Education, 2008
In this article, the authors review the state of civic education in schools. They point out that students typically "take only one semester-long course on American government"--unlike the situation in the 1960s, when it was common "for students to take multiple courses in civics covering not only the structure of American government, but also the…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Minority Groups, Educational Quality
Hepburn, Mary A. – 1980
This paper describes and evaluates a citizenship education project for elementary and secondary schools. The specific purpose of the project was to develop and test a model to improve political knowledge and attitudes of students by systematically infusing political/citizenship education into existing elementary and secondary social studies…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Citizenship Education, Cognitive Objectives, Educational Assessment
Hepburn, Mary A., Ed. – 1983
This bulletin of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) sets forth the philosophic grounds for democratizing schools and the evidence from research as to why this task should be undertaken. In the first part of the booklet, a brief NCSS position statement indicates that schools should practice democracy and be able to instruct through…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role
Elias, Willem, Ed.; And Others – 1995
The following papers are included: "Values in the Arts and Education" (Jones); "Conditions of Art Confrontations" (Wijdenes, Haanstra); "Arts, Aesthetics and Values in Adult Education" (Greene); "Arts for All" (Milton); "Importance of Culture as Mirrored in the Arts" (Debra); "Arthur Lismer,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Aesthetics