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Troubling "Active": Elementary Teacher Candidates' Framing of Active vs. Passive Citizenship
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Murray-Everett, Natasha C.; Demoiny, Sara B. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2022
This instrumental case study examines how elementary teacher candidates (TCs) came to understand citizenship and civic engagement after participating in a news group project during the 2020 presidential election season. TCs formed a binary understanding of civic engagement as "passive" vs. "active," viewing themselves as active…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Civics
Deliberation Can Wait: How Civic Litigation Makes Inquiry Critical
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Hlavacik, Mark; Krutka, Daniel G. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2021
Scholars of citizenship education have long regarded deliberation as the default framework for democratic discussion in the classroom and beyond. Turning to the history and theory of rhetoric, we question why the deliberative model of the Athenian assembly has been developed for social studies pedagogy without including the litigative discourse of…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Rhetoric, Social Studies
Youth Developing Political Efficacy through Social Learning Experiences: Becoming Active Participants in a Supportive Model United Nations Club
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Levy, Brett L. M. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2018
Prior research indicates that individuals are more likely to take political action (e.g., vote, contact representatives, protest) when they have higher levels of "political efficacy," the belief that one's actions can influence political processes. In this mixed methods longitudinal study, I draw on Wenger's and Bandura's theories of…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, International Organizations, Clubs, Student Attitudes
Examining the Relationship between Civic Education and Partisan Alignment in Young Voters
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Clark, Christopher H. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2017
As American politics becomes more polarized, it is increasingly necessary for teachers to understand the relationship between education and partisan behavior. Using data from a 2012 CIRCLE survey of 18-24-year-olds, I examine the relationship between students' educational experiences (focusing on exposure to high-quality civics instruction and…
Descriptors: Voting, Citizen Participation, Correlation, Teaching Methods