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Direct linkBeth C. Rubin – Teachers College Press, 2025
Youth participatory action research can turn your classroom into a site of meaningful, relevant civic learning, in which young people gain a sense of civic empowerment as they discuss, investigate, analyze, and speak with authority on issues that directly affect them and their communities. Through stories, examples, and the reflections of youth…
Descriptors: Youth, Participatory Research, Action Research, Citizenship Education
Duncan, Kristen E., Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2023
Situated at the intersection of race and civics, this volume discusses how communities of color interpret and enact civics both within and beyond the classroom. Chapters focus on historical and contemporary topics ranging from issues facing Asian immigrant communities to the Black Lives Matter at School curriculum. "Civic Engagement in…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, African Americans, Minority Groups, Civics
Download full textMarcia Linn; Korah Wiley; Megan Bang, Contributor; Douglas B. Clark, Contributor; Sarah W. Freedman, Contributor; Libby Gerard, Contributor; Angela Hardy, Contributor; Daniel Morales-Doyle, Contributor; Thomas M. Philip, Contributor; Linda Schmalbeck, Contributor; Sepehr Vakil, Contributor; Michelle Wilkerson, Contributor – National Academy of Education, 2024
Motivation to learn increases when science courses connect curricular topics to challenges facing students' communities. Students care about their communities and the health of the planet. Instruction that connects science ideas and practices to students' lives and communities creates a pathway for civic engagement. Integrating science ideas that…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Science Education
Steven Michael Carlo – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has tested the civic, or citizenship knowledge of students across the nation at irregular intervals since its very inception. Despite advancements in reading and mathematics, evidenced by results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), civics proficiency has remained…
Descriptors: Civics, Scores, National Competency Tests, Citizenship Education
Peer reviewedHeath, Renee Guarriello – Communication Teacher, 2021
Students engage in a pedagogy that fosters deliberation on civic issues that elicit different perspectives relevant to a community through a semester-long project that culminates in the execution of public dialogue forum. This project facilitates three learning objectives: dialogic praxis, communication as design, and facilitative leadership.…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Civics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Racial Discrimination
Alyssa N. Rockenbach; Tara D. Hudson – AERA Open, 2024
Recent evidence suggests that only about 1 in 5 U.S. adults has a friend on the political "other side" (Dunn, 2020). Although these interpartisan friendships are uncommon, they play a critical role in catalyzing empathy, reducing prejudice, furthering justice, and even restoring democracy, as suggested by the theory of civic friendship…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Political Affiliation
Joe Kahne; Michelle Ciulla Lipkin; Brendesha Tynes; Sarah McGrew; Nicole Mirra; Antero Garcia – National Academy of Education, 2024
We live in a digital age. Our engagement in civic and political life and our engagement with digital media are deeply intertwined--presenting a vast array of new opportunities and challenges related to civic reasoning and discourse. This transformation, appropriately, has led to calls for an educational response. In particular, reform efforts in…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Elementary Schools
Roy S. Whitehurst – Eye on Education, 2024
Featuring tools, activities, and insightful stories from a CIA analyst and instructor with 30+ years' of experience, this practical and engaging book supports busy educators to teach the lifelong skills of news and media literacy to their students. Based on existing curriculum and teaching standards, this guidebook shows how social studies and…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, Social Media, Social Studies, Language Arts
Alan Schoenfeld; Kyndall Brown; Judit Moschkovich; Harold Asturias; Danny Martin – National Academy of Education, 2024
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) Civic Reasoning and Discourse project aims to support civic reasoning and discourse in the schools by helping teachers across disciplines to prepare youth in the United States to examine and discuss complex issues in ways that are thoughtful, developmentally appropriate, and respectful of others' opinions…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Education
Lupe Mendez – English in Texas, 2023
This issue's Featured Article is bold! Readers are challenged to be advocates with loud voices, ready to push back on current legislation intended to silence voices in our classrooms and on our bookshelves. The author provides readers with an overview of laws and legislation currently impacting teachers and provides ideas for what you, as an…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Censorship, Advocacy, Resistance (Psychology)
Minnesota Department of Education, 2021
The Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards in Social Studies represent the work of the Social Studies Standards Review Committee. This committee included K-12 teachers, administrators, college faculty, and representatives of educational and community organizations. Beginning in 2020, the Social Studies Standards Review Committee reviewed the 2011…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Standards, Social Studies, Benchmarking
Metro, Rosalie – Teachers College Press, 2023
Get started with an innovative approach to teaching history that develops literacy and higher-order thinking skills, connects the past to students' lives, and meets state and national standards (grades 7-12). Now in a second edition, this popular book provides an introductory unit to help teachers build a trustful classroom climate; over 70…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Literacy
Gusacov, Eran – Studies in Philosophy and Education, 2021
Solidarity between the citizens of a country is both good and desirable, and public educational institutions are the clear site of education for such civil solidarity and its natural place is in Civics lessons. Nevertheless, this paper argues that it is impossible to educate for solidarity for all citizens in a liberal-democratic state when civic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Philosophy, Civics, Teaching Methods
Shreiner, Tamara L. – Social Education, 2023
Much has been written about the importance of developing students' civic online reasoning--their ability to effectively search for and evaluate social and political information on the internet. Studies show that students are easily duped by a website's top-level domain name, professional appearance, or About page content, and that they neglect to…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Social Studies, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers
Hamilton, Laura S.; Parsi, Ace – Educational Testing Service, 2022
Educating for American Democracy (EAD) partnered with ETS on a symposium held in July 2021 to take stock of what is known and to provide guidance for future research, policy, and practice in measurement of civic learning opportunities and outcomes. This research note is meant to further the work accomplished at the seminar. First, this note…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Public Schools, Civics
