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ERIC Number: EJ450773
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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Citizenship as the Goal of Social Studies: Passive Knower or Active Doer?
Chamberlin, Chuck
Canadian Social Studies, v26 n1 p23-26 Fall 1991
Discusses student responses to a fourth grade teacher's efforts to engage students in social action. Indicates that most students felt they could be passive good citizens and that social action would fail anyway. Argues that schools need to promote active citizenship. Examines an alternative model of citizenship education that promotes individual decision making. (SG)
Descriptors: Activism, Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Personal Autonomy, Social Action, Social Change, Social Studies, Student Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada (Alberta)