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Akar, Bassel – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2012
"National and Civic Education" is a program of study compulsory across all grade levels in Lebanon aimed at promoting social cohesion and active citizenship. A sample of 19 civics teachers in Lebanon across four of the six governorates participated in semi-structured interviews. The conversations delved into their conceptions of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Civics, Rote Learning
Syvertsen, Amy K.; Flanagan, Constance A.; Stout, Michael D. – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), 2007
The power of civic education to elicit positive student outcomes has been empirically documented. However, the field is only now beginning to understand the causal processes that bring about these positive changes in young people. "The Civic Mission of Schools" report commissioned by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and CIRCLE (2003) lays out…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Rote Learning, Teaching Methods, Civics