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Piscatelli, Jennifer – Education Commission of the States (NJ3), 2010
While much of the debate in K-12 education reform today focuses on students' academic performance and college and workplace readiness, an examination of the mission or vision statements of most school districts reveals another key priority, often overlooked in the debate: cultivating active, involved community members, citizens and future leaders.…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, United States History, Leadership, Educational Change
Harth, Chris – Independent School, 2010
Technological advances in communications, transportation, and information processing have deepened and broadened connections on multiple levels, local through global, thickening the webs of interactivity that bind us to each other economically, politically, militarily, socially, culturally, environmentally, and ethically. As with most complex…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Learning Strategies, Educational Needs, Global Education
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Deer, Frank – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
This study sought to investigate the congruence between Aboriginal student citizenship development and the prescribed outcomes of citizenship development in secondary schools in Manitoba. The perceptions of 106 high school teachers and principals in the province of Manitoba were acquired through survey distribution and interviews. This study found…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, American Indian Education, High School Students
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Martin, Leisa A. – Action in Teacher Education, 2010
Citizenship preparation is recognized as a main goal of education (Parker, 2009); however, some individuals believe that only social studies teachers are required to prepare students for citizenship. At a Southeastern university, 77 teacher education students consisting of 28 men and 49 women from various content areas were interviewed on civic…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Role of Education, Social Studies, Teacher Responsibility
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Kjellin, Margareta Sandstrom; Stier, Jonas; Einarson, Tanja; Davies, Trevor; Asunta, Tuula – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2010
The aim of the article is to present and discuss a study in which Finnish, English and Swedish pupils' understanding of citizenship education with regard to: (a) political literacy; and (b) attitudes and values was explored. The study was a cross-national, multiple case study and data were collected through 18 focus group dialogues with…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
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Hawe, Eleanor M.; Browne, Isabel; Siteine, Alexis; Tuck, Bryan – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2010
This paper reports on an investigation carried out in New Zealand into experienced elementary and student teachers' beliefs about the nature and purpose of social studies education. Since its inclusion in New Zealand's curriculum, social studies has been organized around the notion of citizenship education with curricula and programmes of work…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Factor Analysis
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Law, Wing-Wah – Comparative Education Review, 2010
With reference to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, this article shows how the Chinese state continues to be a key actor in defining citizenship and citizenship education by promoting nationalism and nation-specific elements of citizenship education while linking its people to an increasingly interconnected world. In particular, this study examines…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Nationalism, Political Socialization
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Bachen, Christine M.; Hernandez-Ramos, Pedro F.; Raphael, Chad – Simulation & Gaming, 2012
In response to an increasingly interdependent world, educators are demonstrating a growing interest in educating for global citizenship. Many definitions of the "good global citizen" value empathy as an especially important disposition for understanding others across national borders and cultural divides. Yet it may be difficult for…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Citizenship, Educational Games, Empathy
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Wagner, Manuela; Cardetti, Fabiana; Byram, Michael – Dimension, 2016
In this work we report on a collaborative project at a large Northeastern University, in which we explored how to best collaborate to develop interdisciplinary teaching units, which integrate intercultural citizenship (Byram, 2008) into world languages, mathematics and social studies sixth grade curricula. We argue for the importance of addressing…
Descriptors: Units of Study, Graduate Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Second Language Learning
Shar, Liz, Comp.; Bauman, Jim, Comp. – Linguistic Society of America, 2016
In an effort to document demographic changes in the academic linguistics community, the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) has commissioned an annual report detailing information about job titles, students, degrees awarded, average salaries, and more. The report offers information about trends in student enrollment and employment by industry.…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Higher Education, Employment, Group Membership
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Thornberg, Robert – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
The aim of this field study was to investigate the hidden curriculum of school rules delimited to the moral construction of "the good pupil" embedded in the system of school rules in two primary schools. According to the findings, the rule system mediates a moral construction of the good pupil to the children, and this actually includes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hidden Curriculum, Citizenship, Citizenship Education
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Biesta, Gert – European Educational Research Journal, 2009
How might European higher education contribute to the promotion and development of European citizenship? In this article, the author addresses this question through a critical discussion of the notions of "active citizenship" and "civic competence", which play a central role in current policy and research on the role of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Citizenship, Democracy, Citizenship Education
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Arnot, Madeleine – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
This article explores the challenges to citizenship associated with globalization, focusing in particular on the growth of interest in human rights, cosmopolitanism and moral outrage in the context of increasing fragmentation, individualization and social inequality. It suggests that there is an interest in developing through global citizenship…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Gender Issues
Glickman, Carl – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Civic engagement has been on the decline for 50 years, and even with the recent increase in voting in the primary presidential elections, youth participation in society remains low. Those students who do not complete high school have virtually no involvement in civic, political and community affairs. Such realities suggest a marked failure--within…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elections, Citizenship, School Districts
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Kopaliani, Bella; Harnisch, Delwyn L.; Doliashvili, Nana; Guetterman, Timothy C. – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2013
Despite differences among progressive educators, they share the conviction that democracy means active participation by all citizens in the social, political, and economic decisions of their countries. The aim of this paper is to explore how Georgia is meeting goals and perspectives of progressive education by widely implementing civic education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Progressive Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education
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