Ethical Citizenship in a Postmodern World

Toward a More Connected Approach to Social Education for the Twenty-First Century

Bibliographic Data

ID11070867
AuthorsNeil O Houser (0000-0003-2453-0754, University of Oklahoma, corresponding author), Jeffrey J Kuzmic (DePaul University)
Year2001
Volume29
Issue3
Pages431-461
Publication date2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.2001.10505950
OpenAlexW2053827961
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited48

Social studies, as an academic discourse, has played a role in at least two significant conversations related to the evolution of education during the last hundred years. First, since its beginnings a century ago, theorists within the social studies field have sought to address the needs of the community at large rather than just the well-being of the individual. Second, many scholars within the field have considered the importance of connectedness, both in terms of the primary unit of analysis (i.e., the “common good” of the community) and in terms of the approach (e.g., the integration of disciplines for the purposes of citizenship education). We believe these traditional aspects of the social studies—a focus on community and connectedness—are among its greatest virtues. However, we argue that these strengths need to be further examined and their applications broadened in view of important social and intellectual developments that have occurred since the inception of the social studies. Significant conditions and developments include dramatic increases in human population, over-consumption and depletion of vital resources, continued domination of large groups of people at the hands of the few, the growth of an increasingly rigid culture of individualism, and the persistence of the centuries-old misconception that organisms exist in isolation from one another, in this paper we draw on work from many traditions (e.g., American pragmatism, social learning theory, feminist philosophy, multicultural education, critical social theory, new science, the philosophy of science) to construct a base from which to theorize about a more connected approach to social education for the common good of humankind and the health of the planet

Citizenship · Construct (python library · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Individualism · Pedagogy · Political science · Pragmatism · Social philosophy · Social relation · Social science · Social studies · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Law · Religious Education and Schools

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