Education for Citizenship

Ideas and Innovations in Political Learning

Foreword by Benjamin R. Barber University of Maryland Contributions by William Ball, Richard Battistoni, Joseph Cammarano Depts. of Political Science, Public & Community Service, Providence College, Kimberley P. Canfield, James D. Chesney, William D. Coplin director, Public Affairs, Otto Feinstein, Linda L. Fowler, John F. Freie, Glen Halva-Neubauer, Naeem Inayatullah, Marc Lendler Smith College, Daniel W. O'Connell, Craig Rimmerman, Mark Rupert Syracuse University Edited by Grant Reeher, Joseph Cammarano

Publication date:

29 August 1997

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Dimensions:

235x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780847683659

This book addresses the challenge of education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. It offers examples of efforts to create among our students a new set of what Tocqueville called mores or culturally defining 'habits of the heart' which will enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community stretching beyond the university, and ultimately, support the practices, basic values, and institutions necessary for the democratic process.

Chapter 1 Education for Citizenship: Some Themes from Recent Innovations and Questions for the Future
Chapter 2 Teaching American Politics Through Service: Reflections on a Pedagogical Strategy
Chapter 3 Service Learning as Civic Learning: Lessons We Can Learn from Our Students
Chapter 4 The Urban Agenda Project
Chapter 5 Citizenship Courses as Life-Changing Experiences
Chapter 6 Internships and Citizenship
Chapter 7 Enhancing Citizenship Through Active Learning: Simulations on the Policy Process
Chapter 8 Doing the Rights Thing: Tales of Citizenship and Free Speech
Chapter 9 Teaching the Art of Public Deliberation: National Issues Forums on Campus
Chapter 10 Democratizing the Classroom: The Individual Learning Contract
Chapter 11 Wading in the Deep: Supporting Emergent Anarchies
Chapter 12 Team-Taught Courses and Multidisciplinary Education for Citizenship
Chapter 13 Using the Internet to Enhance Classroom and Citizenship Information
Chapter 14 The Internet as a Tool for Student Citizenship

A very important volume for educators in its explicit emphasis on and powerful examples of the importance of education in a democratic society. It is also impressive in its handling of diversity and pluralism, bringing into focus the importance of heterogeneity in a truly democratic nation. The volume's emphasis on 'active learning' will also be appreciated by educators, making very clear that the values of citizenship and the responsibilities of democracy must be acquired and practiced in student activity, not in passive learning. I recommend the volume to all my educator colleagues.