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Direct linkAlison Stein – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study examined how eighth grade students in a privileged suburban community and school district understood their civic identities and saw their roles and responsibilities as citizens. Through analyzing artifacts the student participants generated in their eighth grade civics social studies class and conducting semi-structured…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Citizenship, Citizen Participation, Civics
Peer reviewedAbernathy, Claire; Forestal, Jennifer – Journal of Political Science Education, 2020
This study focuses on examining the role that isolated extracurricular events can play in furthering students' civic education; these one-time events require fewer resources to implement than courses and therefore provide valuable opportunities for faculty to engage new audiences on their campuses in the work of civic learning. In order to develop…
Descriptors: Political Science, Civics, Extracurricular Activities, College Faculty
Download full textAvery, Patricia G.; Levy, Sara A.; Simmons, Annette M. M.; Scarlett, Michael H. – Journal of International Social Studies, 2012
The term democracy has an overwhelmingly positive connotation for most people (Diamond & Plattner, 2008), yet it is a contested, fluid, and evolving concept that represents many different things to different people. This article presents our analysis of conceptions of democracy among groups of adolescents (n = 2,848, ages 13-19) in the Czech…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Democracy, Questionnaires, Foreign Countries
Cooperman, Saul; Bloom, Joel – 1990
Civics education in a democracy is a central goal of the public schools. The purpose of civics education is to educate youth to enable them to participate in a democracy. This guide highlights the components of a K-12 civics curriculum which features knowledge, democratic ideals, skills, and social participation. Sample lessons, state goals and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Educational Objectives
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
The report identifies instruments for measuring citizen education improvement efforts in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The document is presented in three sections. The first section outlines evaluation criteria and reviews literature related to testing and citizenship assessment. Materials reviewed are reports of citizenship assessment…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role, Citizenship
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1978
The report presents an overview of perspectives on citizen education; relates needs expressed by planning groups for citizen education programs in Deleware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; and presents materials relating to national and state citizenship education priorities. A major purpose of the document is to help state and local educators and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizen Role, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
Murphy, Madonna – Online Submission, 2004
"Citizenship" is a quality that most Americans would agree should be promoted in the schools. "Values education," as we have seen, provokes controversy and the question "Whose values are you going to teach?" An acceptable response is: "Values of citizenship, American democratic values, and the values upon which…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civics, Educational Trends, Values Education
