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Kirchschlaeger, Peter G. – Education and Society, 2012
This article suggests future directions for policy, practice and research in the area of human rights education. These suggestions are based on an attempt of a critical overview of recent policy studies, of actual developments in human rights education and of some of the available research on human rights education. This attempt of an overview of…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Civil Rights, Citizenship Education
London, Scott – Kettering Foundation, 2010
This paper examines a burgeoning network of organizations that is inventing new forms of community renewal and citizenship education. Their names vary--some call themselves public policy institutes, others centers for civic life--yet they share a common methodology, one aimed at tackling tough public issues, strengthening communities, and…
Descriptors: Nongovernmental Organizations, Social Networks, Citizenship Education, School Community Relationship
Rubin, Beth C., Ed.; Giarelli, James M., Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2007
This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an increasingly interconnected global context; re-considering the ways that civic education is researched and practiced; and taking stock of where we are currently through use of an historical…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democracy, Civics, Citizenship
Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 2000
Research shows that many students lack civic engagement, civic literacy, and the disposition toward becoming responsible citizens. Teachers must convey the meaning of citizenship and its context, rights, and responsibilities. Project Citizen, Outward Bound, and service learning programs can help students learn democratic participation behaviors.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Elementary Secondary Education, Honesty
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Rhoads, Robert A. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2000
Discusses how service learning can promote the development of a "caring self" in college students by drawing on the ideas of John Dewey, George Herbert Mead, and contemporary critical theorists. Links this caring self to democratic citizenship and uses students' narratives to illustrate how it develops through service learning contexts.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Educational Philosophy, Helping Relationship
Battistani, Richard M. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1996
Service learning in higher education can be a powerful method of citizen education, by building students' concrete civic skills in the areas of intellectual understanding, communication and problem solving, and civic attitudes of judgment and imagination. A basic condition is that broad definitions of service and citizenship be assumed, and used…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, College Curriculum, College Role
Degelman, Charles; Philips, Susan – 1998
"Active Citizenship Today" (ACT) is a service learning program for the social studies. There are two things that make ACT different from other service learning programs: (1) the "learning" in service -- learning refers to traditional social studies content and skills (it is a civics model); and (2) ACT is built around a problem-solving framework.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics
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Seigel, Susan; Rockwood, Virginia – Equity and Excellence in Education, 1993
Outlines connections between community service experiences and preparing young people for participatory citizenship in a democratic society, identifying components of democratic education practices, distinguishing characteristics that promote democratic citizenship education, and describing several community service learning projects. (SLD)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Programs, Critical Thinking, Democracy
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O'Brien, Kelley – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2004
National and statewide research indicates that there is a special role for schools in preparing youth to become active, engaged participants in a democratic society. Unlike many of the roles that schools have assumed, this is not a new role; it is a role that was envisioned by the founding fathers. The results of several national studies strongly…
Descriptors: Democracy, Educational Strategies, Citizenship Education, Civics
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Crockett, Mark – NASSP Bulletin, 1994
Restructuring middle-level education calls for broad, fundamental, and multifaceted changes in schooling. Such changes must be based on a clear articulation of how early adolescents learn and supported by congruent practices and expectations. Forward-thinking middle schools stress interdisciplinary teaming, active learning, responsible…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Change Strategies, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values
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Schukar, Ron – Theory into Practice, 1997
This paper emphasizes the relationships between middle school science, social studies, and service learning, showing how service learning supports many national science and social studies content standards. Positive results from research on the National Science Foundation service learning project are included. (SM)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Curriculum Enrichment, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Furco, Andrew, Ed.; Billig, Shelley H., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on advances in service-learning research. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Andrew Furco, Shelley H. Billig); "Community Service and Service-Learning in America: The State of the Art" (Ivor Pritchard); "Is Service-Learning Really Better Than Community Service? A Study of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Citizenship Education, Community Services, Context Effect