Civic Education
A Dying Art
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11593318 |
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| Authors | Donald V Weatherman (University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 129-132 |
| Publication date | 1984-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Studies (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7996 • E-ISSN: 2152-405X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00377996.1984.10114435 |
| OpenAlex | W2353835679 |
| Language | EN |
extent of the problem confronting self-government to day. Any effort to improve citizen participation must ad dress the qualitative as well as the quantitative aspects of that participation. The only way to improve the quality of citizen participation is to renew our commit ment to civic education. A successful civic education is one that accomplishes two distinct yet related objec tives: first, citizens must be educated in the basic prin ciples and precepts of the American political system; second, they must be kept informed on specific issues and controversies that require the attention of our political system. The accomplishment of these educa tional objectives is vital to the preservation and im provement of popular government
Commit · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Qualitative research · Quality (philosophy · Social science · Sociology · Law · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools · Service-Learning and Community Engagement
| Highly cited | No |
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