Consumer educators can help students develop consumer/citizen roles through curricula linking consumer rights with citizen responsibilities. Dialogue about issues, community needs assessment, and community volunteer service enable students to practice citizen roles. (SK)

Brings historical evidence to bear to evaluate different articulations of citizenship and corresponding forms of education. Claims both critical citizenship is a core value and the centrality of civic education. Maps the history of various definitions of citizenship. Examines the linkage between educational theory and curricular development, the…

Discusses the use of the National Issues Forum's (NIF's) town meetings in efforts to increase citizen participation in democratic processes. Describes the Catholic adaptation of the NIF approach, providing examples of its use at the high school, college, and community level. (MAB)

To develop patterns for living and understanding citizen roles, students engage in press conferences interviewing a wide assortment of celebrities. (JR)

Examines three aspects of reading considered to be important in the development of an individual's skills, citing content, interest, and social role in this literature review on factors affecting reading performance. (RB)

Landscape architects have a combination of abilities that have been gained through education and experience that could make their demonstration of environmental concern as citizens very effective. This study assessed the attitudes, verbal commitment, and actual commitment regarding environmental concern held by landscape architects registered and…

Cable Television franchises in 20 Florida communities were analyzed to determine rates and citizens' rights of access as required by FCC regulations. It was found that rates ranged from $4.95 to $8.75, with the average monthly service at $5.65. Fees had little to do with an overall citizens' rights; the companies with higher rates generally made…

The principal problem of this work is to discover, perhaps construct, a pedagogical process for thinking about the future that makes use of the methods of forecasting, but makes use of them to create new attitudes and understandings on the part of institutional planners. The underlying concern is to develop a way for planners to address the future…

Although we have accumulated much factual data on environmental conditions, interrelationships, and consequences of actions, our decisions are based on political expediency, pressure, mob action, and emotion. Believing that decisions regarding the environment and pollution control are not technical but socioeconomic, crusaders have refused…

VARIABLES THAT MEDIATE THE INFLUENCES OF EDUCATION UPON A RANGE OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOR OF CITIZENS WERE IDENTIFIED. ORIENTATIONS TOWARD TIME, SELF, AND SOCIETY PROVIDED INITIAL FOCAL POINTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CITIZENSHIP AND EDUCATION. FOUR MAJOR CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE MODEL WERE…

This article describes several community and parent programs which have been developed to meet children's needs in such areas as day care, nutrition, and tutoring. (BRT)

Discusses two ways of enhancing the ability of clients of local educational services to contribute to policy decisions; first, by developing public policies which support private, voluntary citizen organizations to influence educational policies and, second, by strengthening mandated advisory councils. Briefly describes five means of implementing…

A statewide "Dialogue in Education" in Minnesota--beginning with "town meetings"--has helped policymakers to find strategies and programs to focus on adults' and students' objectives. Citizens' priorities include the basic skills, maintaining the current curriculum, and improved graduation competencies. (CJH)

China engages in massive and persistent citizenship education. (MM)