Creating Citizens

Lessons in Relationships, Personal Growth, and Community in One Secondary Social Studies Classroom

Bibliographic Data

ID12764669
AuthorsAnand R Marri (Columbia University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume11
Issue1
Pages12-18
Publication date2009-03-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMulticultural Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-7892 • E-ISSN: 1521-0960
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15210960902761385
OpenAlexW2015512118
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited20

This article presents findings from a study examining how a secondary social studies teacher used curriculum and pedagogy to help racially/ethnically diverse students from low socioeconomic backgrounds build community to become active citizens with the capacity for democratic living. In particular, the article discusses his emphasis on critical thinking, building of community, and thorough disciplinary content. The resulting pedagogy, Classroom-based Multicultural Democratic Education (CMDE), is a re-conceptualization of democratic education that has the potential to help teachers transform a racially/ethnically diverse politically disengaged student population into an active democratic citizenry

Conceptualization · Curriculum · Democracy · Discipline · Ethnically diverse · Multicultural education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Population · Social science · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences

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