基本説明
Examines various aspects of citizen education programs that serve contemporary youth in the United States.
Full Description
Examines various aspects of citizen education programs that serve contemporary youth in the United States.
This book offers a groundbreaking examination of citizenship education programs that serve contemporary youth in schools and communities across the United States. These programs include social studies classes and curricula, school governance, and community-based education efforts. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the experiences and perspectives of educators and youth involved in these civic education efforts. The contributors offer rich analyses of how mainstream and alternative programs are envisioned and enacted, and the most important factors that shape them. A variety of theoretical lenses and qualitative methodologies are used, including ethnography, focus group interviews, and content analyses of textbooks.
Contents
Foreword
Walter C. Parker
1. Introduction: Studying Citizenship Education in Troubled Times
Judith L. Pace and Janet S. Bixby
Inside Classrooms
2. Teaching for Citizenship in 12th Grade Government Classes
Judith L. Pace
3. Connecting Diversity, Justice, and Democratic Citizenship: Lessons from an Alternative U.S. History Class
Anand R. Marri
4. Urban Youth and the Construction of Racialized and Classed Political Identities
Kysa Nygreen
5. Service-Learning as a Promising Approach to High School Civic Engagement
Susan Root and Shelley H. Billig
Inside Schools at Large
6. Democracy's Practice Grounds: The Role of School Governance in Citizenship Education
Richard Battistoni
7. Civic Development in Context: The Influences of Local Contexts on High School Students' Beliefs about Civic Engagement
Ellen Middaugh and Joseph Kahne
8. Examining the Treatment of 9/11 and Terrorism in High School Textbooks
Diana Hess, Jeremy Stoddard, and Shannon Murto
In the Community
9. Engaging Urban Youth in Civic Practice: Community-Based Youth Organizations as Alternative Sites for Democratic Education
Jennifer O'Donoghue and Ben Kirshner
10. To Think, Live, and Breathe Politics: Experiencing Democratic Citizenship in Chicago
Janet S. Bixby
11. Epilogue: Citizenship Education in Diverse Settings: Findings, Tensions, and Future Research
Judith L. Pace
Contributors
Index



