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Reimagining Civic Education
How Diverse Societies Form Democratic Citizens
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2006
Summary
This volume surveys the new global landscape for democratic civic education. Rooted in qualitative researc, the contributors explore the many ways that notions of democracy and citizenship have been implemented in recent education policy, curriculum, and classroom practice around the world. From Indonesia to the Spokane Reservation and El Salvador to Estonia, these chapters reveal a striking diversity of approaches to political socialization in varying cultural and institutional contexts. By bringing to bear the methodological, conceptual and theoretical perspectives of qualitative research, this book adds important new voices to one of educationOs most critical debates: how to form democratic citizens in a changing world.
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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-4756-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-4299-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
349
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Cultural Context and Diversity in the Study of Democratic Citizenship Education E. Doyle Stevick and Bradley A. U. Levinson No access Pages 1 - 14
1 Civic Education in Two Worlds: Contestation and Conflict over the Civic in School and Community on the Spokane Indian Reservation Robert Whitman No access
2 Reformasi, Civic Education, and Indonesian Secondary School Teachers Wendy Gaylord No access
3 Democratic Pentecost in EI Salvador? Civic Education and Professional Practice in a Private High School James G. Huff, Jr. No access
4 Curricular Intervention and Greek-Cypriot Pupils' Constructions of Citizenship: Can "Europe" Include Immigrants? Stavroula Philippou No access
5 Education for Democracy: The Text and Context of Preirean Culture Circles in Brazil Mariana Souto-Manning No access
6 Examining Peripheries of Substantive Democracy in Lithuania from the Point of View of Teachers: Intended and Unintended Outcomes of the Financial Reform in Education Audra Skukauskaité No access
7 Developing Citizen Leaders for Democratic Governance in South Africa Dolores Foley and Mpho Putu No access
8 Citizenship Education in the "New Europe": Who Belongs? Deborah Reed-Danahay No access
9 The Politics of the Holocaust in Estonia: Historical Memory and Social Divisions in Estonian Education E. Doyle Stevick No access
10 Forming and Implementing a New Secondary Civic Education Program in Mexico: Toward a Democratic Citizen without Adjectives Bradley A. U. Levinson No access
11 The Emergence of Global Citizenship Education in Japan Yoko Motani No access
12 Intercultural Meanings of Citizenship in the Australian Secondary Curriculum: Between Critical Contestations and Minimal Constructions Joan G. DeJaeghere No access
Final Commentary: Democracy Is Not Only for Politicians; Citizenship Education Is Not Only for Schools Judith Torney-Putta No access Pages 317 - 332
Index No access Pages 333 - 344
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 345 - 349
