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Direct linkHo, Li-Ching; Barton, Keith C. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
Civic education historically has focused primarily on preparing students to influence politics and government policy. Less attention has been paid to the curricular implications of civil society, even though it is a crucial site for deliberatively informed action and one of the primary ways in which students will enter the public sphere. This…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Public Policy, Civics, Teaching Methods
Chapin, June R. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2005
Three voting behaviors and three types of volunteer participation were analyzed using longitudinal data from NELS:88/2000, a national sample of over 12,000 eighth graders in 1988 who were young adults in 2000. From 1994 to 2000 this cohort increased about 10% in both the three voting behaviors and the three volunteer participations. Wide…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Voting, Standardized Tests, Scores
Peer reviewedGrant, S. G. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1997
Examines the professional development opportunities that accompanied the New York State social studies draft framework to explore: (1) the range of opportunities teachers had to learn about the framework; (2) the content and instruction of these opportunities; and (3) teachers' responses to the framework and professional development opportunities.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedAngell, Ann V. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1998
Describes an experiment with class meetings, designed to offer students practice in the democratic process, in a mixed-age, upper elementary, Montessori classroom. Finds that the group setting allowed students to address goals for classroom conduct and to learn ethics by example. Notes problems with tolerance for minority positions within the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Citizenship Education, Civics, Classroom Environment
Peer reviewedOldendorf, Sandra Brenneman – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1989
Examines the history and vocabularies of the Highlander Folk School (Tennessee), an adult education school emphasizing decision-making, critical thinking, and active citizen participation. Encourages social studies teachers to become aware of their vocabularies, using the Highlander example in the discourse about the nature of knowledge and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aural Learning, Citizen Participation, Citizen Role
Peer reviewedGabella, Marcy Singer – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1994
Examines the divide between high school students' perceptions of historical inquiry and those articulated in current proposals for curricular and instructional reform. Concludes that successful reform requires instruction that shifts the locus of authority from the teacher and text to a shared process of critical inquiry. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
