Civic Learning: Moving from the Apolitical to the Socially Just

Autor/inn/en	Llewellyn, Kristina R.; Cook, Sharon Anne; Molina, Alison
Titel	Civic Learning: Moving from the Apolitical to the Socially Just
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 42 (2010) 6, S.791-812 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Citizenship Education; Social Change; Foreign Countries; Political Issues; Youth; Civics; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary School Students; Knowledge Level; Social Behavior; Power Structure; Citizen Participation; Grade 10; Questionnaires; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Sozialer Wandel; Ausland; Politischer Faktor; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Staatsbürgerkunde; Sekundarschüler; Wissensbasis; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Fragebogen; Kanada
Abstract	This study examines the knowledge and skills that characterize civic learning for young people. Building on a literature review, it reports an exploratory case study with students and teachers in four secondary schools in the Ottawa, Canada region. The perspectives of researchers co-operating with educators and students against a backdrop of provincial government curricula and secondary literature on youth citizenship engagement provide an enriched understanding of the state and potential of civic learning. It concludes that current civic learning is primarily characterized by procedural knowledge and compliant codes of behaviour that do not envelope students in collective action for systemic understandings of political issues. This study argues for renewed efforts to put social justice at the heart of student learning. To present a convincing civic educational programme, schools should prepare students to analyse power relationships, investigate the ambiguities of political issues, and embrace opportunities for social change. (Contains 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10