The Challenges Facing Civic Education in the 21st Century

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ID9685355
AuthorsKathleen Hall Jamieson (0000-0002-4167-3688, The Centers, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume142
Issue2
Pages65-83
Publication date2013-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
PublisherMIT Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1162/daed_a_00204
OpenAlexW1968958912
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

This essay explores the value and state of civics education in the United States and identifies five challenges facing those seeking to improve its quality and accessibility: 1) ensuring that the quality of civics education is high is not a state or federal priority; 2) social studies textbooks do not facilitate the development of needed civic skills; 3) upper-income students are better served by our schools than are lower-income individuals; 4) cutbacks in funds available to schools make implementing changes in civics education difficult; and 5) reform efforts are complicated by the fact that civics education has become a pawn in a polarized debate among partisans

Citizenship · Citizenship education · Civics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Social studies · State (computer science · Value (mathematics · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Public Administration

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