Educating Democratic Citizens in Troubled Times : Qualitative Studies of Current Efforts

by Bixby, Janet S.; Pace, Judith L.; Parker, Walter C.

• ISBN13: 9780791476390
• ISBN10: 0791476391
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-06
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

"This book offers a groundbreaking examination of citizenship education programs that serve contemporary youth in schools and communities across the United States. These programs include social studies classes and curricula, school governance, and community-based education efforts. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the experiences and perspectives of educators and youth involved in these civic education efforts. The contributors offer rich analyses of how mainstream and alternative programs are envisioned and enacted, and the most important factors that shape them. A variety of theoretical lenses and qualitative methodologies are used, including ethnography, focus group interviews, and content analyses of textbooks."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Judith L. Pace is Associate Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco and the coeditor (with Annette Hemmings) of Classroom Authority: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction: Studying Citizenship Education in Troubled Times	p. 3
Inside Classrooms
Teaching for Citizenship in 12th Grade Government Classes	p. 25
Connecting Diversity, Justice, and Democratic Citizenship: Lessons from an Alternative U.S. History Class	p. 58
Urban Youth and the Construction of Racialized and Classed Political Identities	p. 81
Service-Learning as a Promising Approach to High School Civic Engagement	p. 107
Inside Schools at Large
Democracy's Practice Grounds: The Role of School Governance in Citizenship Education	p. 131
Civic Development in Context: The Influence of Local Contexts on High School Students' Beliefs about Civic Engagement	p. 157
Examining the Treatment of 9/11 and Terrorism in High School Textbooks	p. 192
In the Community
Engaging Urban Youth in Civic Practice: Community-Based Youth Organizations as Alternative Sites for Democratic Education	p. 227
To Think, Live, and Breathe Politics: Experiencing Democratic Citizenship in Chicago	p. 252
Epilogue: Citizenship Education in Diverse Settings: Findings, Tensions, and Future Research	p. 281
Contributors	p. 287
Index	p. 289
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