Citizenship as the Goal of Social Studies: Passive Knower or Active Doer?.

Chamberlin, Chuck

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ERIC Number: EJ450773

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Publication Date: 1991

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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

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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