Ethical Citizenship in a Postmodern World: Toward a More Connected Approach to Social Education for the Twenty-First Century
| Autor: | Jeffrey J. Kuzmic, Neil O. Houser |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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| Zdroj: | Theory & Research in Social Education. 29:431-461 |
| ISSN: | 2163-1654 0093-3104 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00933104.2001.10505950 |
| Popis: | Social studies, as an academic discourse, has played a role in at least two significant conversations related to the evolution of education during the last hundred years. First, since its beginnings a century ago, theorists within the social studies field have sought to address the needs of the community at large rather than just the well-being of the individual. Second, many scholars within the field have considered the importance of connectedness, both in terms of the primary unit of analysis (i.e., the “common good” of the community) and in terms of the approach (e.g., the integration of disciplines for the purposes of citizenship education). We believe these traditional aspects of the social studies—a focus on community and connectedness—are among its greatest virtues. However, we argue that these strengths need to be further examined and their applications broadened in view of important social and intellectual developments that have occurred since the inception of the social studies. Signifi... |
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