Civic Education

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Citizenship—Study and teaching
Civics—Study and teaching
DemocracyStudy and teaching
Education—Political aspects

Websites and tools

Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
http://civicyouth.org/
Based at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University, CIRCLE’s research informs policy and practice for healthier youth development and a better democracy. Site includes Tools for Practice and Research Products.

CIVITAS
http://www.civiced.org/programs/civitas
A network of educators, civil society organizations, educational institutions, and governmental agencies, which works to bring civic education curricula to students worldwide. Find online resources on CIVNET.

ICCS IEA
https://iccs.iea.nl/home.html
ICCS reports on levels of students’ civic knowledge, collects and analyzes data from educators about civic education in curriculum. Resources include Publications.

ILSA Gateway
https://ilsa-gateway.org/studies

Select articles and working papers

Ehrlich, Thomas. 1999. “Civic Education: Lessons Learned”. PS: Political Science and Politics. 32 (2): 245-50. https://doi.org/10.2307/420559

Finkel, Steven E. 2003. “Can Democracy Be Taught?” Journal of Democracy. 14 (4): 137-151. http://muse.jhu.edu/article/48100

Finkel, Steven E. 2002. “Civic Education and the Mobilization of Political Participation in Developing Democracies”. Journal of Politics. 64 (4): 994-1020. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-2508.00160

Heggart, Keith. 2015. “Social Capital and Civics and Citizenship: Developing a Framework for Activist Education.” Issues in Educational Research. 25 (3): 276-290. http://www.iier.org.au/iier25/heggart.pdf

Patrick, John J. 2005. “Content and Process in Education for Democracy”. International Journal of Social Education. 20 (2): 1-12.

Patrick, John J., Ed, and John E., Ed Weakland. 1997. “International Partnerships for Civic Education and Democracy.” International Journal of Social Education 12 (2). http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED419775.pdf

Reimers, Fernando. 2007. “Civic education when democracy is in flux: The impact of empirical research on policy and practice in Latin America.” Citizenship Teaching and Learning. 3(2): 5-21. http://www.citized.info/pdf/external/Complete%20draft%20Vs.%203%20Dec.%202008%20web%20edition.pdf#page=9

Select Books and Reports

Abdi, Ali A., and Lynette Shultz. 2008. Educating for human rights and global citizenship. Albany: State University of New York Press.

Alemika, Etannibi E. O., Victor Adebola O. Adetula, and Nimi Walson-Jack. 2001. Civic & human rights education for Nigerian students. Kaduna [Nigeria]: League of Democratic Women (LEADS – Nigeria).

Arthur, James, Ian Davies, and Carole Hahn. 2008. The SAGE handbook of education for citizenship and democracy. Los Angeles: SAGE.

Bellagio Citizenship Education and Diversity Conference, and James A. Banks. 2004. Diversity and citizenship education: global perspectives. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Ben-Porath, Sigal R. 2006. Citizenship under fire: democratic education in times of conflict. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Bénéï, Véronique. 2005. Manufacturing citizenship: education and nationalism in Europe, South Asia and China. London: Routledge.

Cairns, James L. 1996. Gwira mpini kwacha civic education to build local democracy, a trainer’s manual. Malawi: Montfort Missionaries.

Callan, Eamonn. 1997. Creating citizens: political education and liberal democracy. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Center for Civic Education (Calif.). 1994. National standards for civics and government. Calabasas, Calif: Center for Civic Education.

Civic education and democracy towards free and fair elections 1996 and beyond. 1996. Kampala, Uganda: Civic Education Joint Coordination Unit (CEJOCU).

Davies, Ian, Li-Ching Ho, Dina Kiwan, Carla L. Peck, Andrew Peterson, Edda Sant, and Yusef Waghid. 2018. The Palgrave handbook of global citizenship and education. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Democracy Education Civic Forum Style. 1997. Washington, D.C.: National Democratic Institute.

Dolejšiová, Ditta, and Miguel Angel García López. 2009. European citizenship–in the process of construction: challenges for citizenship, citizenship education and democratic practice in Europe. Strasbourg: Council of Europe Pub.

Gollob, Rolf, and Peter Krapf. 2008. Teaching democracy: a collection of models for democratic citizenship and human rights education. Strasbourg: Council Of Europe Publishing.

Gomez, Andy S. 2003. The role of education in promoting Cuba’s integration into the international society: lessons in transition from the post-communist states of Central and Eastern Europe. Coral Gables, Fla: Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, University of Miami.

Grossman, David L., W. O. Lee, and Kerry J. Kennedy. 2008. Citizenship curriculum in Asia and the Pacific. Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre, the Hong Kong University.

Guidelines on human rights education for secondary school systems. 2012.Warsaw: OSCE/ODIHR. http://www.osce.org/odihr/93969?download=true

Ichilov, Orit. 1998. Citizenship and citizenship education in a changing world. London: Woburn Press.

Jandora, John W. 2008. States without citizens: Understanding the Islamic crisis. London: Praeger Security International.

Kanaev, Alexander N. 2000. Civic education in Central Asia: re-conceptualization of citizenship in newly indepedent states. [Stockholm]: Institute of International Education, Stockholm University.

Kennedy, Kerry J., W. O. Lee, and David L. Grossman. 2010. Citizenship pedagogies in Asia and the Pacific. Hong Kong: Comparative Education Research Centre, University of Hong Kong.

Levinson, Bradley A., and Doyle Stevick. 2007. Reimagining civic education: how diverse societies form democratic citizens. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Matto, Elizabeth C., Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Elizabeth A. Bennion, and Dick W. Simpson. 2017. Teaching civic engagement across the disciplines. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. http://web.apsanet.org/teachingcivicengagement/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2016/10/Teaching-Civic-Engagement-Across-the-Disciplines_opt.pdf

McLauchlan de Arregui, Patricia, and Santiago Cueto. 1998. Educación ciudadana, democracia y participación. Lima: Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo.

Ravitch, Diane. 1990. Democracy: What It Is, How To Teach It. http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED319650.pdf

Ravitch, Diane, and Joseph P. Viteritti. 2001. Making good citizens: education and civil society. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Remy, Richard C., Jacek Strzemieczny, and Sandra Stotsky. 1996. Building civic education for democracy in Poland. Bloomington, Ind: National Council for the Social Studies: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED396986.pdf

Riutta, Satu. 2009. Democratic participation in rural Tanzania and Zambia: the impact of civic education. Boulder, Colo: FirstForumPress.

Scheerens, J. 2009. Informal learning of active citizenship at school an international comparative study in seven European countries. Dordrecht: Springer.

Schulz, Wolfram, John G. Ainley, Julian Fraillon, Bruno Losito, Gabriella Agrusti, and Tim Friedman. 2018. Becoming citizens in a changing world: IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 2016 International Report. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73963-2

Tawil, Sobhi, Alexandra Harley, and Cecilia Braslavsky. 2004. Education, conflict and social cohesion. Geneva: Unesco, International Bureau of Education.

Tibbetts, Felisia, and Judith Torney-Purta. 1999. Citizenship education in Latin America: preparing for the future. Amsterdam: Human Rights Education Associates.

Torney-Purta, Judith. 2001. Citizenship and education in twenty-eight countries: civic knowledge and engagement at age fourteen. Amsterdam: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.

Torny-Purto, Judith, John Schwille, and Jo-Ann Amadeo. 1999. Civic education across countries: twenty-four national case studies from the IEA civic education project. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.

Webber, Stephen L., and Ilkka Liikanen. 2001. Education and civic culture in post-communist countries. London: Palgrave, in association with School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College.

White, Cameron, and Roger Openshaw. 2007. Democracy at the crossroads: international perspectives on critical global citizenship education. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Yudelman, Sally W. 1997. The paving stones: an evaluation of Latin American civic education programs. Washington, DC: National Endowment for Democracy.

Zajda, Joseph I., Holger Daun, and Lawrence J. Saha. 2009. Nation-building, identity and citizenship education cross-cultural perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer.

 

 

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