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Daly, James K.; Devlin-Scherer, Roberta; Burroughs, Greer; McCartan, William – Educational Forum, 2010
Civic education is an issue of growing and serious concern. There is diminished time for civics, fewer course offerings, and gaps in students' civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions. The role of teacher education in addressing this problem is one area deserving additional focus. This article describes the project begun by the secondary…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Role of Education
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Glickman, Carl D. – Educational Forum, 1998
Democracy is both a form of government and a theory of how humans learn. If a democratic theory of learning is applied in schools, future citizens will be capable of practicing true democracy. (SK)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Educational Change, Leaders
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Hlebowitsh, Peter S.; Hamot, Gregory E. – Educational Forum, 1999
A three-year project to reform civics curriculum in the Czech Republic tested a progressivist model by stressing behavioral objectives. A shift was made from subject-centered civic education to skill-based citizenship education based on the abilities needed for democracy. (SK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Development