Making Civics Count
Citizenship Education for a New Generation
Will be published approx. on 30. October 2012
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-61250-477-3 (ISBN)
Description
"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.
Making Civics Count 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.
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.
Making Civics Count 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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United States
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
569 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61250-477-3 (9781612504773)
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Persons
David E. Campbell is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and founding director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy.
Meira Levinson is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Frederick M. Hess is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Meira Levinson is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Frederick M. Hess is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.