EDUCATING THE GOOD CITIZEN

Catalog description

(Slashed with CI 61124 ) Course explores the competing conceptions of citizenship education through an examination and critique of the diverse perspectives on the purposes and possibilities of citizenship education–including the contributions and influence of multicultural, international and theoretical perspectives on the meaning of educating citizens in a democracy–situating work, thinking and practice in the literature. As part of the process of reading, discussing and deliberating together, students articulate a rationale for citizenship education and develop ways to incorporate their vision for citizenship education into their work as teacher educators, practicing social studies teachers and/or community members.