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Citizenship Across the Curriculum
Michael Smith
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Description for Citizenship Across the Curriculum
Paperback. Advocates the teaching of civic engagement at the college level, in various disciplines and courses. Using 'writing across the curriculum' programs as a model, this title proposes a similar approach to civic education. It provides models for incorporating civic learning and evaluating pedagogical effectiveness. Editor(s): Smith, Michael; Nowacek, Rebecca S.; Bernstein, Jeffrey, Ph.D. Series: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JN; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Citizenship Across the Curriculum advocates the teaching of civic engagement at the college level, in a wide range of disciplines and courses. Using "writing across the curriculum" programs as a model, the contributors propose a similar approach to civic education. In case studies drawn from political science and history as well as mathematics, the natural sciences, rhetoric, and communication studies, the contributors provide models for incorporating civic learning and evaluating pedagogical effectiveness. By encouraging faculty to gather evidence and reflect on their teaching practice and their students' learning, this volume contributes to the growing field of the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221797
SKU
V9780253221797
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About Michael Smith
Michael B. Smith is Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Ithaca College. Rebecca S. Nowacek is Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Marquette University. Jeffrey L. Bernstein is Professor of Political Science and Faculty Development Fellow at Eastern Michigan University.
Reviews for Citizenship Across the Curriculum
A ground-breaking book, Citizenship Across the Curriculum explores the range of ways different disciplines can illuminate civic questions and help students develop a stronger civic lens.
A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy's Future
Citizenship Across the Curriculum is an important book. Our political climate has become more caustic and less productive. As professors and college-administrators, we need to take responsibility to educate the next generation of citizens. This book can help provide direction in that journey.Vol. 6, No. 2
MountainRise
[This] new book . . . urges colleges and universities to make civic engagement a key component of their curricula as a way to help students become more active participants in the democratic process.7/31/10
Ithaca Journal
Citizenship across the Curriculum provides useful ideas about incorporating civic engagement in a diverse set of college courses. October 1, 2010
Academe
[T]he book itself models an ideal of citizenship: committed, impassioned, intelligent people working respectfully toward some ideal(s) of the common good.Vol. 20, no. 1, December 2010
National Teaching and Learning Forum
In Citizenship Across the Curriculum, eight post-secondary teachers from diverse institutions . . . break the silence on their own teaching practices and make a valuable contribution to public discourse on teaching and learning. August, 2011
H-Education
A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy's Future
Citizenship Across the Curriculum is an important book. Our political climate has become more caustic and less productive. As professors and college-administrators, we need to take responsibility to educate the next generation of citizens. This book can help provide direction in that journey.Vol. 6, No. 2
MountainRise
[This] new book . . . urges colleges and universities to make civic engagement a key component of their curricula as a way to help students become more active participants in the democratic process.7/31/10
Ithaca Journal
Citizenship across the Curriculum provides useful ideas about incorporating civic engagement in a diverse set of college courses. October 1, 2010
Academe
[T]he book itself models an ideal of citizenship: committed, impassioned, intelligent people working respectfully toward some ideal(s) of the common good.Vol. 20, no. 1, December 2010
National Teaching and Learning Forum
In Citizenship Across the Curriculum, eight post-secondary teachers from diverse institutions . . . break the silence on their own teaching practices and make a valuable contribution to public discourse on teaching and learning. August, 2011
H-Education