Expanding Conceptions of Community and Civic Competence for a Multicultural Society

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ID11071307
AuthorsValerie Ooka Pang (School of Teacher Education San Diego State University, corresponding author), Geneva Gay (University of Washington), William B Stanley (University of Delaware)
Year1995
Volume23
Issue4
Pages302-331
Publication date1995-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheory & Research in Social Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-3104 • E-ISSN: 2163-1654
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00933104.1995.10505760
OpenAlexW2054987480
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited22

As changing demographics alter the ethnic make-up of the United States, social studies, in partnership with multicultural education, can play an important role in constructing new conceptions of this expanded, multicultural community. These new and challenging times pose key questions to social studies educators: Can we have unity without uniformity? When we talk about a government of, by, and for the people, to whom are we referring? What civic competencies should our students acquire to fulfill Barber's concept of an artistocracy of everyone? The degree to which the expanding community is able to facilitate unity and diversity among us culturally pluralistic members is one indication of success or failure

Competence (human resources · Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Cultural pluralism · Diversity (politics · Ethnic group · General partnership · Government (linguistics · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Social Psychology

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