The relationship between democratic citizenship and public schooling has been an
enduring theme in US educational and social theory. Among the responsibilities and the …

Today's preservice teachers must be well prepared to provide elementary social studies
methods instruction to students. The United States and its democracy are constantly …

One of the earliest uses of the term “social studies”(circa 1905) to refer to school subjects is
attributed to Thomas Jesse Jones, who believed that young African Americans and Native …

Writers familiar with citizenship education in the United States generally agree that
educating for citizenship has been, historically, a primary goal, if not the primary goal of …

Today's preservice teachers must be well prepared to provide elementary social studies
methods instruction to students. The United States and its democracy are constantly …

Traditional citizenship education paradigms are inherently state-centered, because they
overly emphasize teaching and learning about the structure and functions of government …

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This book sheds light on the question: Under what conditions do democratic attitudes and
values take root in youth? Using a comparative perspective, Becoming Political describes …

Studies contained an article entitled" Citizenship Education and the Social Studies: Which Is
Which?" That article reviewed various views concerning civic education that have emerged …

FOR THE MOST PART, US ninth graders are well on their way to being knowledgeable,
caring, engaged citizens when compared to their peers internationally. That is the good …