Teaching Civic Engagement

Author : Elizabeth Matto,Alison McCartney,Elizabeth Bennion
Publisher : American Political Science Association
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1878147641

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Teaching Civic Engagement Globally by Elizabeth Matto,Alison McCartney,Elizabeth Bennion Pdf

A thriving and peaceful democracy requires an informed and engaged citizenry, but such citizenship must be learned. Educators around the globe are facing challenges in teaching politics in an era in which populist values are on the rise, authoritarian governance is legitimized, and core democratic tenets are regularly undermined by leaders and citizens alike. To combat anti-democratic outcomes and citizens' apathy, Teaching Civic Engagement Globally provides a wide range of pedagogical tools to help the current generation learn to effectively navigate debates and lead changes in local, national, and global politics. Contributors discuss key theoretical discussions and challenges regarding global civic engagement education, highlight successful evidence-based pedagogical approaches, and review effective ways to reach across disciplines and the global education community. Most importantly, the book provides tangible steps to link democratic education research with action that reflects contemporary global circumstances.

Author : Alison Rios Millett McCartney,Elizabeth A. Bennion,Dick W. Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 1878147404

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Teaching Civic Engagement by Alison Rios Millett McCartney,Elizabeth A. Bennion,Dick W. Simpson Pdf

Teaching Civic Engagement provides an exploration of key theoretical discussions, innovative ideas, and best practices in educating citizens in the 21st century. The book addresses theoretical debates over the place of civic engagement education in Political Science. It offers pedagogical examples in several sub-fields, including evidence of their effectiveness and models of appropriate assessment. Written by political scientists from a range of institutions and subfields, Teaching Civic Engagement makes the case that civic and political engagement should be a central part of our mission as a discipline.

Author : Elizabeth C. Matto,Alison Rios Millett McCartney,Elizabeth A. Bennion
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 1878147560

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Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines by Elizabeth C. Matto,Alison Rios Millett McCartney,Elizabeth A. Bennion Pdf

For democracy to function effectively, citizens must engage together and compromise. Although these skills are critical for a vibrant society, civic engagement education is lacking in America today. This book evaluates the goals, challenges, and rewards of integrating civic education into K-12 and higher education, highlighting best practices.

Author : Iain Mac Labhrainn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317121985

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Higher Education and Civic Engagement: International Perspectives by Iain Mac Labhrainn Pdf

This volume provides an original and powerful contribution to debates about the civic purpose of higher education. It suggests that universities can best realize their civic mission by making it central to their policy and practice. Bringing together researchers from three continents, the book offers an international perspective based primarily upon first-hand pedagogical experience. A transatlantic overview of the purpose, place and practice of one such pedagogy (service learning) is provided and its potential as a foundation for civic engagement assessed. In its last section the book moves from the theory of citizenship to practical considerations. In doing so, the book offers advice on establishing civic engagement to all those involved in teaching and learning within higher education.

Author : Elizabeth C. Matto,Alison Rios Millett McCartney,Elizabeth A. Bennion,Dick W. Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Interdisciplinary approach in education
ISBN : 1878147552

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Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines by Elizabeth C. Matto,Alison Rios Millett McCartney,Elizabeth A. Bennion,Dick W. Simpson Pdf

Author : Shira Eve Epstein
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807773321

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Teaching Civic Literacy Projects by Shira Eve Epstein Pdf

This practical resource shows teachers how to enact robust forms of civic education in today’s schools. Both instructive and thought-provoking, it will inspire teachers to craft curricula addressing a wide range of genuine civic problems such as those related to racial discrimination, environmental damage, and community health. Dividing civic literacy projects into three key phases—problem identification, problem exploration, and action—the author provides concrete examples from upper-elementary, middle, and high school classrooms to illustrate and analyze how each phase can unfold. The projects ultimately provide opportunities for youth to participate in civic life while they develop essential literacy skills associated with reading, writing, and speaking. The final chapter outlines a curriculum design process that will result in coherent and meaningful civic literacy projects driven by clear goals. It includes practical tools, such as a sample unit timeline, an assessment chart, and student worksheets that can be modified for immediate use. “Shira’s work offers us a reflection of democratic practice in the classroom through the teaching of critical reading, persuasive writing, and deliberation. In Teaching Civic Literacy Projects,Shira invites us all to contemplate the depth of the democratic project and the possibility that schools can help uphold our democratic ideals.” —From the Foreword by Celia Oyler, professor, Teachers College, Columbia University. “This book is a gem! Shira Epstein has provided invaluable assistance for teachers interested in engaging their students in the political and civic spheres in ways that build crucial literacy skills. The combination of a powerful framework and rich and detailed case studies provides readers with a clear vision and helpful, specific guidance for creating robust civic learning experiences for young people.” —Diana Hess, senior vice-president, Spencer Foundation and professor, University of Wisconsin–Madison “Excellent civic education means encouraging young people to identify and define problems and take action. That is challenging in our era of political polarization and narrow definitions of education. Shira Eve Epstein provides the best practical guide for teachers who want their students to confront social problems.” —Peter Levine, Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Tufts University

Author : Forrest Clingerman,Reid B. Locklin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780190692995

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Teaching Civic Engagement by Forrest Clingerman,Reid B. Locklin Pdf

Using a new model focused on four core capacities-intellectual complexity, social location, empathetic accountability, and motivated action--Teaching Civic Engagement explores the significance of religious studies in fostering a vibrant, just, and democratic civic order. In the first section of the book, contributors detail this theoretical model and offer an initial application to the sources and methods that already define much teaching in the disciplines of religious studies and theology. A second section offers chapters focused on specific strategies for teaching civic engagement in religion classrooms, including traditional textual studies, reflective writing, community-based learning, field trips, media analysis, ethnographic methods, direct community engagement and a reflective practice of "ascetic withdrawal." The final section of the volume explores theoretical issues, including the delimitation of the "civic" as a category, connections between local and global in the civic project, the question of political advocacy in the classroom, and the role of normative commitments. Collectively these chapters illustrate the real possibility of connecting the scholarly study of religion with the societies in which we, our students, and our institutions exist. The contributing authors model new ways of engaging questions of civic belonging and social activism in the religion classroom, belying the stereotype of the ivory tower intellectual.

Author : L. McIlrath,A. Lyons
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137074829

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Higher Education and Civic Engagement by L. McIlrath,A. Lyons Pdf

Provides an original and challenging contribution to contemporary debates on the civic purpose of higher education, exploring its manifestations through practices of teaching and research. Offers critical perspectives on the role of higher education institutions in terms of realizing civic missions, especially in current global market conditions.

Author : Barbara Jacoby and Associates
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009-01-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780470388464

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Civic Engagement in Higher Education by Barbara Jacoby and Associates Pdf

Numerous studies have chronicled students lack of trust in large social institutions, declining interest in politics, and decreasing civic skills. This book is a comprehensive guide to developing high-quality civic engagement experiences for college students. The book defines civic engagement and explains why it is central to a college education. It describes the state of the art of education for civic engagement and provides guidelines for designing programs that encourage desired learning outcomes. In addition, the book guides leaders in organizing their institutions to create a campus-wide culture of civic engagement.

Author : Dana Mitra,Stephanie C. Serriere
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807773451

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Civic Education in the Elementary Grades by Dana Mitra,Stephanie C. Serriere Pdf

As former elementary school teachers, the authors focus on what is possible in schools rather than a romantic vision of what schools could be. Based on a 5-year study of an elementary school, this book shows how civic engagement can be purposive and critical—a way to encourage young people to examine their environment, to notice and question injustices, and to take action to make a difference in their communities and school. Focusing on the intersection of student voice and critical inquiry, the book describes how to embed civic engagement into curriculum, school decision-making processes, and whole-school activities. Chapters provide an overview of what research has demonstrated about civic engagement at the classroom, school, and community levels, including detailed descriptions of activities and lessons for practice. Classroom teachers, school principals, community members, and teacher educators can use this resource to foster a deeper, richer understanding of what is entailed in civic life. Book Features: A vivid portrait of a “typical” public school that wants to do more than teach to the test.An examination of the conditions that enable young people to participate in democratic practices, including identifying and questioning injustices.Concrete examples of student voice and critical inquiry in classroom contexts.Practices and activities that encourage children to get along with others, exchange perspectives, and work across differences. “Offers a suggestive range of evidence that high-quality civic engagement initiatives can enhance students’ academic, social, and emotional engagement. . . . It reveals the nitty-gritty of how experienced teachers can enable children who are immersed in meaningful civic work also to engage more deeply with mathematical problem-solving, peer collaboration, literacy and social studies learning, and development of empathy and mutual trust.” —From the Foreword by Meira Levinson “Mitra and Serriere show us not only that elementary-aged children are capable of civic engagement, but how such engagement can be nurtured in the classroom. Children can be active civic participants; this book demonstrates both the power of this idea and how we might accomplish this essential task.” —Beth C. Rubin, Rutgers University

Author : David Feith
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607098409

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Teaching America by David Feith Pdf

In Teaching America, more than 20 leading thinkers sound the alarm over a crisis in citizenship--and lay out a powerful agenda for reform. The book's unprecedented roster of authors includes Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Senator Jon Kyl, Senator Bob Graham, Secretary Rod Paige, Alan Dershowitz, Juan Williams, Glenn Reynolds, Michael Kazin, Frederick Hess, Andrew Rotherham, Mike Feinberg, Seth Andrew, Mark Bauerlein and more. Their message: To remain America, our country has to give its kids a civic identity, an understanding of our constitutional system, and some appreciation of the amazing achievements of American self-government. But we are failing. Young Americans know little about the Bill of Rights, the democratic process, or the civil rights movement. Three of every four high school seniors aren't proficient in civics, nine of ten can't cut it in U.S. history, and the problem is only aggravated by universities' disregard for civic education. Such civic illiteracy weakens our common culture, disenfranchises would-be voters, and helps poison our politics.

Author : Jeffery D. Nokes
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807778029

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Teaching History, Learning Citizenship by Jeffery D. Nokes Pdf

Learn how to design history lessons that foster students’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions for civic engagement. Each section of this practical resource introduces a key element of civic engagement, such as defending the rights of others, advocating for change, taking action when problems are observed, compromising to promote reform, and working with others to achieve common goals. Primary and secondary sources are provided for lessons on diverse topics such as the Alice Paul and the Silent Sentinels, Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor, Harriet Tubman, Reagan and Gorbachev’s unlikely friendship, and Lincoln’s plan for Reconstructing the Union. With Teaching History, Learning Citizenship, teachers can show students how to apply historical thinking skills to real world problems and to act on civic dispositions to make positive changes in their communities. “Teachers will appreciate the adaptability of the unscripted lessons in this book. Each lesson provides background historical context for the teacher and the resources to expose students to themes of civic engagement that cut across historical time periods and current events. With the case studies, ideas, and sources in this book, teachers can instill students with the dispositions of democratic citizens.” —From the Foreword by Laura Wakefield, interim executive director, National Council for History Education

Author : Nicole Mirra
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807777282

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Educating for Empathy by Nicole Mirra Pdf

Educating for Empathy presents a compelling framework for thinking about the purpose and practice of literacy education in a politically polarized world. Mirra proposes a model of critical civic empathy that encourages secondary ELA teachers to consider how issues of power and inequity play out in the literacy classroom and how to envision literacy practices as a means of civic engagement. The book reviews core elements of ELA instruction—response to literature, classroom discussion, research, and digital literacy—and demonstrates how these activities can be adapted to foster critical thinking and empathetic perspectives among students. Chapters depict teachers and students engaging in this transformative learning, offer concrete strategies for the classroom, and pose questions to guide school communities in collaborative reflection. “If educators were to follow Mirra’s model, we will have come a long way toward educating and motivating young people to become involved, engaged, and caring citizens.” —Sonia Nieto, professor emerita, University of Massachusetts, Amherst “Grounded in respectful research partnerships with youth and teachers, this is a book that will resonate with and inspire educators in these precarious times.” —Gerald Campano, University of Pennsylvania “If ever there were a time for a book on empathy in education, the moment is now.” —Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

Author : Michael T. Rogers,Donald M. Gooch
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739193501

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Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century by Michael T. Rogers,Donald M. Gooch Pdf

Imagine an America where governmental institutions, schools, new technologies, and interest groups work together to promote more informed citizens. Civic Education in the Twenty-First Century brings together the research of scholars from various disciplines to show that by expanding what is done in isolation, we can realize such a healthy civic ecology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789460910258

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Civic Education and Youth Political Participation by Anonim Pdf

Why does it appear that many young people are disengaging from democracy and political participation? For many governments, politicians, academics, social commentators and researchers this is a serious and challenging problem. Consequently widespread interest exists on how to engage young people in politics and democracy.