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Stitzlein, Sarah M. – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2013
Most Americans and many residents of other democratic countries hold public schools to the social and political goal of preparing children to be good citizens. This goal is being challenged by some new forms of schooling promoted through popular education reform movements, especially in the US. This article reveals potentially insurmountable…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Charter Schools, School Role, Discourse Analysis
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Avery, Patricia G.; Levy, Sara A.; Simmons, Annette M. M. – Social Studies, 2013
The authors argue that deliberation should be an integral part of secondary civics classrooms and teacher education programs. Drawing on a wide range of research, they contend that teaching and learning deliberative skills has the potential to build individual and group civic capacity. They share some of the results of an evaluation of one…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Secondary Education, Classroom Techniques
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Rockwell, Elsie; Vera, Eugenia Roldan – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2013
ISCHE 33 was convened in San Luis Potosi to re-examine a relationship--that between society, education and the state--that had been largely taken for granted in official histories of education of modern nations. This theme was inspired by the bicentenary celebrations of the relatively early nineteenth-century movements (from 1804 to 1824) that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Latin American History, Historiography
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Martin, Leisa A. – Journal of Social Studies Research, 2011
Although the United States Pledge of Allegiance is a ritual in many schools, research on middle school students' views about this tradition is limited. Therefore, this grounded theory study included a survey of 100 middle school students on the Pledge with 33 follow-up interviews. Socialization and counter-socialization served as the theoretical…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Middle School Students, Socialization, Political Attitudes
Brese, Falk; Jung, Michael; Mirazchiyski, Plamen; Schulz, Wolfram; Zuehlke, Olaf – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2011
This document contains released items used in the ICCS 2009 main survey. Seven clusters of items were used in the study in a rotated booklet design with three clusters per test booklet. Clusters 1 and 7 comprise the released item set. Cluster 1 comprises items that were newly developed for ICCS 2009 and Cluster 7 is drawn from previously secure…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Citizenship Education, Academic Achievement
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Montgomery, Sarah E.; Christie, Erica M. – Social Studies and the Young Learner, 2011
People all over the world relish the opportunity to count down the final moments of the year and welcome an exciting New Year full of opportunities and fresh beginnings. Different cultures have historical traditions of welcoming in the New Year, from eating black-eyed peas in the American South to creating geometric "Rangoli" (a form of…
Descriptors: Holidays, Class Activities, Global Education, Learning Activities
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Cross, Beth – Children & Society, 2011
This article is based on a study of the changing meanings and experiences of citizenship and participation for young people in transition from primary to secondary school. One of the primary concerns of the study is to better understand how different professional practices impact upon young people's uptake of participation and adoption of civic…
Descriptors: Social Services, Children, Young Adults, Citizenship
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Jahromi, Parissa – Applied Developmental Science, 2011
National identity, how one sees oneself as a member of a given nation, is an important form of social identity. Feelings toward one's country are a matter of both individual and collective concern. In an increasingly diverse world, the issue of identifying with a nation is complex and consequential for individual identity formation as well as…
Descriptors: Nationalism, Young Adults, Cultural Pluralism, Democratic Values
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Gadotti, Moacir – International Review of Education, 2011
This article presents the concept and practice of adult education as a key issue for Brazil and other Latin American countries, both for formal and non-formal education in the public and private sectors. It includes citizen education focused on democratisation of society and sustainable development. The concept is pluralist and ideological as well…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Civil Rights, Citizenship Education, Democracy
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Lundahl, Merrilyne – English Journal, 2011
This article discusses building ecoliteracy through place-based education (PBE) within English language arts: some ideas of what PBE is, why it's important, and examples of how it might be applied. The author contends that observing nature and creating personal metaphors from the natural world can help students develop keener writing skills and…
Descriptors: Language Arts, Figurative Language, Writing Skills, Place Based Education
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Goodley, Dan; Runswick-Cole, Katherine – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2011
Global policy for disabled children is currently experiencing a process of rapid change. In England, for example, the impetus for transformation has arisen from the government's acknowledgement that disabled children are disadvantaged. Indeed, the current policy for disabled children is also set within a wider international context in which…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Child Development
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Goodman, Joyce – History of Education, 2011
This article explores discursive languages through which leading women in the International Federation of University Women (IFUW) articulated their understandings of world citizenship and looks at what Caroline Spurgeon, the first President of the IFUW, called the "organised training of women to be citizens of the world." The central section…
Descriptors: Marital Status, Citizenship, Females, International Organizations
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Pietsch, Tamson – History of Education, 2011
Since its Foundation in 1901, the Rhodes Scholarships scheme has been held up as the archetype of a programme designed to foster imperial citizens. However, though impressive in scale, Cecil Rhodes's foundation was not the first to bring colonial students to Britain. Over the course of the previous half-century, governments, universities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship, Educational History, Males
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Linington, Vivien; Excell, Lorayne; Murris, Karin – Perspectives in Education, 2011
This paper proposes a form of Grade R pedagogy in South African schools that addresses both the diverse realities of South Africa's children and the principles underpinning a participatory democracy. The community of enquiry pedagogy we propose is based on a socio-cultural historical theoretical perspective and focuses on the nurturing of a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Teacher Role, Play
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Zembylas, Michalinos; Bozalek, Vivienne – Policy Futures in Education, 2011
This article examines what an ethic of care could offer to discussions about Europe's increasing cultural diversity by analyzing the important "White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue" published by the Council of Europe in 2008. The authors consider the White Paper from the perspective of the political ethic of care and thus examine its…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Ethics, Cultural Pluralism
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