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ERIC Number: EJ879829
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 54
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0013-1946
Promoting Engaged Citizenship and Informing Public Debate: A Two-Fold Argument for Contemporary Issues in Education as a Social Science Elective
Hinchey, Patricia H.
Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, v46 n1 p25-43 2010
A course in contemporary education issues is proposed as a valuable general education vehicle for citizenship education. Such a course offers the advantages of being inherently political and interdisciplinary, and relevant to students' life experience. Moreover, such a course would help satisfy the academy's responsibility to inform public debate about privatizing public education, an issue of national concern. (Contains 1 note.)
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Social Sciences, Cooperative Learning, Public Education, Debate, General Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Higher Education, Public Schools, Federal Legislation, School Choice, Privatization, Federal Government
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: No Child Left Behind Act 2001