Recently added articles from Social Studies Review:
Towards a Rebirth for Civics
Apr 01, 2007; ... California's highly regarded framework of instruction for history-social science describes knowledge and cultural understanding, democratic understanding, and civic values and skills attainment and social participation as the three broad goals of history-social science in the curriculum. Even ...
The California Survey of Civic Education
Apr 01, 2007; ... "The qualifications for self-government are not innate. They are the result of habit and long training." -Thomas Jefferson Democracy's Health at Risk Throughout the history of our country's public education system, a primary mission has been the civic education of young ...
The Civic Mission of our Nation's Schools
Apr 01, 2007; ... "Democracy needs to be reborn in each generation and education is its mid-wife" -John Dewey, leading 20th Century Education Theorist Our Nation is Confronted by Twin Problems: Disengagement and Lack of Civic Education Americans value and cherish the ideals of democracy ....
Policy Considerations for the California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Apr 01, 2007; ... "No one is born a good citizen; no nation is born a democracy. Rather both are processes that continue to evolve over a lifetime. " Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General The California Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools takes secretary Annan's statement to ...
Strengthening Civic Education in California's Schools: The California Campaign's Pilot Schools
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction The California Campaign to promote the civic mission of schools differs from other states in that we had the opportunity to work closely with schools to promote the six promising approaches outlined in the Civic Mission of Schools report published by the Carnegie Corporation ...