Educating democratic citizens in troubled times : qualitative studies of current efforts /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Bixby, Janet S., Pace, Judith L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Albany : SUNY Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Citizenship > Study and teaching > United States. Democracy > United States.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Walter C. Parker
Introduction : studying citizenship education in troubled times / Judith L. Pace and Janet S. Bixby
Teaching for citizenship in 12th grade government classes / Judith L. Pace
Connecting diversity, justice, and democratic citizenship : lessons from an alternative U.S. history class / Anand R. Marri
Urban youth and the construction of racialized and classed political identities / Kysa Nygreen
Service-learning as a promising approach to high school civic engagement / Susan Root and Shelley H. Billig
Democracy's practice grounds : the role of school governance in citizenship education / Richard Battistoni
Civic development in context : the influence of local contexts on high school students' beliefs about civic engagement / Ellen Middaugh and Joseph Kahne
Examining the treatment of 9/11 and terrorism in high school textbooks / Diana Hess, Jeremy Stoddard, and Shannon Murto
Engaging urban youth in civic practice : community-based youth organizations as alternative sites for democratic education / Jennifer O'Donoghue and Ben Kirshner
To think, live, and breathe politics : experiencing democratic citizenship in Chicago / Janet S. Bixby
Epilogue: Citizenship education in diverse settings : findings, tensions, and future research / Judith L. Pace.