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Schmidt-Sinns, Dieter – 2000
How the political literacy of an individual may be promoted is a controversial issue. An undeniable fact is that the agencies of socialization structuring political learning have to be understood in their historical context. The didactic discussion in Germany during the second half of the 20th century comprises a whole range of issues which are…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Historical Interpretation
Download full textIannaccone, Laurence – 1984
This book is an attempt to bring a particular intellectual perspective to bear on the practical problems of administrating education--a perspective that eschews the purely technical, functionalist approach in favor of a critical and reflective consideration of educational practice in its political, social, and philosophical context. The first part…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Mitchell, Lee M. – 1974
An independent task force, originally asked to explore the broad area of political public affairs broadcasting, changed its focus as a result of the Watergate crisis to the future of television as a source of information on the institutions and issues of government. To reinstate the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Commercial Television, Government Role, Legislators
Morehouse, Ward – 1975
The Aspen Institute formed a National Commission on Coping with Interdependence to investigate the capacity of Americans to cope with interdependence and consider how that capacity can be enhanced. This paper responds to two questions: to what extent do our existing institutions perceive the predicament, analyze its implications, and act in…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Constitutional Law, Decentralization, Educational Trends
Brown, Richard Harvey, Ed.; Schubert, J. Daniel, Ed. – 2000
This collection of essays is authored by social scientists who are concerned primarily with relationships between academic knowledge and political power, rethinking the traditional view of politics and science as mutually exclusive fields of study. Chapters are organized into three parts: "Introduction"; "The Institutional Politics of Knowledge…
Descriptors: Capitalism, Discourse Analysis, Educational History, Educational Policy
Nie, Norman H.; Junn, Jane; Stehlik-Barry, Kenneth – 1996
This book explores the causal relationships between education and democratic citizenship. This book is divided into 2 parts and features 11 chapters. Chapter 1, the introductory chapter, looks at "Education and Democratic Citizenship in America: Enlightened Political Engagement." Part 1, "Education and Citizenship in the United States, 1990,"…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics
Nemeth, Balazs, Ed.; Poggeler, Franz, Ed. – 2002
This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agricultural Education, Andragogy
