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Making Civics Count
. Ed(S): Campbell, David E.; Levinson, Meira; Hess, Frederick M.
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Description for Making Civics Count
Paperback. Editor(s): Campbell, David E.; Levinson, Meira; Hess, Frederick M. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
“By nearly every measure, Americans are less engaged in their communities and political activity than generations past.” So write the editors of this volume, who survey the current practices and history of citizenship education in the United States.
They argue that the current period of “creative destruction”—when schools are closing and opening in response to reform mandates—is an ideal time to take an in-depth look at how successful strategies and programs promote civic education and good citizenship.
Making Civics Count offers research-based insights into what diverse students and teachers know and ... Read more
“By nearly every measure, Americans are less engaged in their communities and political activity than generations past.” So write the editors of this volume, who survey the current practices and history of citizenship education in the United States.
They argue that the current period of “creative destruction”—when schools are closing and opening in response to reform mandates—is an ideal time to take an in-depth look at how successful strategies and programs promote civic education and good citizenship.
Making Civics Count offers research-based insights into what diverse students and teachers know and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Harvard Educational Publishing Group United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United States
ISBN
9781612504766
SKU
V9781612504766
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99-1
About . Ed(S): Campbell, David E.; Levinson, Meira; Hess, Frederick M.
David E. Campbell is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and founding director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy. Meira Levinson is an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Frederick M. Hess is resident scholar and director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
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