Democratic Understanding: Cross-National Perspectives

Democratic Understanding: Cross-National Perspectives

Compares goals, policies, and practices related to citizenship education in the United States and other countries, illustrating how social studies in the United States can give greater attention to democratic discourse, decision making, and civic education. To adequately prepare citizens for the fut...

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Veröffentlicht in:Theory into practice 2001, Vol.40 (1), p.14-22
1. Verfasser: Hahn, Carole L.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
American Indians
Case Studies
Citizenship
Citizenship Education
Civic education
Core curriculum
Cultural Pluralism
Decision Making
Democracy
Diversity (Groups)
Elementary school social studies
Elementary Secondary Education
Global Approach
History instruction
Learning
Multicultural Education
National Identity
Secondary school social studies
Social Studies
Social studies learning
Students
Syntactic movement
Teachers
United States history
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Zusammenfassung:Compares goals, policies, and practices related to citizenship education in the United States and other countries, illustrating how social studies in the United States can give greater attention to democratic discourse, decision making, and civic education. To adequately prepare citizens for the future, social studies educators must pay greater attention to multicultural and global content and pedagogy. (SM)
ISSN:0040-5841
1543-0421
DOI:10.1207/s15430421tip4001_3