Discusses the role of the public school in educating students to be responsible citizens. Asserts that a complete program must include appropriate courses in addition to modeling democratic processes and providing opportunities for students to practice responsible, democratic behavior in all aspects of schooling. Discusses how these aims can be…

The U.S. Constitution bicentennial celebrations across the state of Virginia have contributed to greater public understanding of the Constitution and enhanced appreciation of the immense contribution that Virginians made to the document. Virginians have discovered that the story of the U.S. founding is also a Virginia story. Even after the…

It is difficult, perhaps unnecessary, to distinguish between the requirements for educating a community and educating the civic self, since the civic entity is the public. It is important to assess what the public enterprise and civic order require of the liberal arts. (Author/MSE)

Evidence indicates a tremendous void in the understanding of law by the average citizen. Participation by lawyers in the educational process is suggested to begin the task of introducing law into the classroom. (Author/KM)

Legal upbringing must include the inculcation of a feeling of respect for normative legal acts and conviction in the absolute necessity for their execution and observance (an aspect in the formation of a legal conscience), as well as the required minimum of legal knowledge. (Author)

This article suggests that the elementary school curriculum has the potential for meeting the needs of the community for inculcation of social responsibility and values in future decision makers. (RE)

Provides a conceptual framework that identifies three types of public issues and potential roles for public officials, the general public, and Extension professionals in dealing with them. Concludes with some specific advice for Extension educators involved with programming that addresses controversial topics when serving as content or process…

The author is concerned with certain principles and devices built into the constitutional system, their current status, the role of the citizen, qualities of the competent citizen, and the role of the university in citizenship education. (SK)

The formation of authentic public opinion requires confrontation with political realities and open discussion. This report presents findings of a study, conducted by The Harwood Group, that sought to describe the nature of the process through which citizens learn about public concerns and engage in them. The report argues that the seemingly…

Discussing the interrelationship of universal adult suffrage and adult education, this national seminar in India sought to identify the basic values, requirements, and problems of parliamentary democracy, together with consequences of adult suffrage and the potential contribution of adult education to improving the quality of the democratic…

Presented at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals (53d, San Francisco, February 28 - March 5, 1969).