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Making Civics Count : Citizenship Education for a New Generation

Title
Making Civics Count : Citizenship Education for a New Generation / edited by David E. Campbell, Meira Levinson, and Frederick M. Hess.
Publication
  • Cambridge, MA. : Harvard Education Press, [2012]
  • ©2012

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Additional Authors
  • Campbell, David E., 1971-
  • Levinson, Meira
  • Hess, Frederick M.
Description
vi, 320 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
By nearly every measure, Americans are less engaged in their communities and political activity than generations past. So write the editors of this volume, who survey the current practices and history of citizenship education in the United States. They argue that the current period of "creative destruction", when schools are closing and opening in response to reform mandates, is an ideal time to take an in-depth look at how successful strategies and programs promote civic education and good citizenship. This work offers research-based insights into what diverse students and teachers know and do as civic actors, and proposes a blueprint for civic education for a new generation that is both practical and visionary.
Subject
  • Civics > Study and teaching > United States
  • Citizenship > Study and teaching > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-297) and index.
Language (note)
  • Text in English.
Contents
What students know about civics and government / Richard G. Niemi -- Education for a civil society / Peter Levine -- Preparing pluribus for unum: historical perspectives on civic education / Michael C. Johanek -- Diversity and civic education / Meira Levinson -- How to enrich civic education and sustain democracy / James Youniss -- Dry to dynamic civic education curricula / Anna Rosefsky Saavedra -- Expanding preservice teachers' images of self, students, and democracy / Keith C. Barton -- Professional development as a tool for improving civic education / Diana Hess and John Zola -- Digital opportunities for civic education / Joseph Kahne, Jacqueline Ullman, and Ellen Middaugh -- Civic education in traditional public, charter, and private schools: moving from comparison to explanation / David E. Campbell -- The third C: college, career, and citizenship / Meira Levinson.
Call Number
JFE 15-219
ISBN
  • 9781612504766 (paperback)
  • 1612504760
  • 9781612504773 (paperback)
  • 1612504779 (paperback)
LCCN
2012937483
OCLC
805893390
Title
Making Civics Count : Citizenship Education for a New Generation / edited by David E. Campbell, Meira Levinson, and Frederick M. Hess.
Publisher
Cambridge, MA. : Harvard Education Press, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-297) and index.
Language
Text in English.
Added Author
Campbell, David E., 1971- author.
Levinson, Meira, author.
Hess, Frederick M., author.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-219
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