Citizenship and related values are common elements in the missions of honors programs. Our goal was to design a junior honors seminar with an intentional focus on developing citizenship, civic identity, and civic virtues through engagement with the challenging history of our city, Montgomery, Alabama. The course employed four evidence-based…

There is increasing urgency to broaden access to inclusive and culturally sustaining K-12 civic education. Civic education can foster young people's development of their civic identity, which can support a functioning American democracy. Civic education often includes opportunities for learners to develop civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions,…

Since Hong Kong returned to Chinese sovereignty, national identity building became an important part of school education meeting some resistance in Hong Kong society. In 2012, thousands of school stakeholders protested against the introduction of the 2012 Guide of Moral and National Education (MNE). These conflicts have influenced teachers'…

Human beings came to the world along with ideas which got nurtured and transmitted from generation to generation. To upgrade the quality of life, he became educated through formal, informal and non-formal ways. The curriculum was structured formally at different levels of education, which is being upgraded and refined from time to time. Here in…

The global financial crisis has impacted upon the way of life of young Europeans with great severity. Across most European countries youth unemployment has remained stubbornly high for many years, compounding the effects of the crisis on the social and psychological well-being of young people. Given that crises are highly likely to occur in the…

This article compares the development of citizenship education (CE) in Taiwan and England, as well as teachers' perceptions about the liberal and communitarian constructs underpinning the curriculum in both countries. Due to distinct social and political environments, the Taiwanese and English CE curricula demonstrate an interesting contrast.…

A reasoned response to questions about teaching moral education in the schools. (Author/MLF)

The tendency of restive secondary school graduates to be used in carrying out vices such as violence, examination malpractice, thuggery and cultism has necessitated this study. In total, 250 secondary school teachers undertaking part-time bachelor of education program in the University of Benin, formed the sample of this study. Simple percentage,…

In this article, the author addresses the problem of content knowledge dominating the school curriculum and the resultant marginalization of sociocivic and moral dispositions. Given the problems associated with teaching dispositions directly, the author offers four curricular aims that collectively develop the attitudes required of democratic…

Educators bring up the importance of character education periodically in articles written and speeches given at teacher education conventions. They believe that pupils need to develop well in the moral as well as academic dimensions. There are major problems in society today such as drug abuse, gang membership, intoxication, teenage pregnancy,…

Critiques an article in which John Palmer argues that the factors promoting citizenship are no longer the main purpose of education. Agreeing with Palmer in part, the author contends that there is the fundamental problem in that the inquiry curriculum is out of synch with deeply rooted social values. (KO)

As character education continues to be an objective of the social studies, the more effective educators have taken up the challenge by first understanding the principles of their discipline and opportunities for examining the values of character to be encountered. The organizing and teaching of history conceptualized and taught in a powerful…

Provides the goals of participative citizenship education that Ohio Council for the Social Studies formulated around definition of citizenship education offered by Ohio Department of Education. States it is important for statewide proficiency examinations to enhance rather than negate the approach adopted. Identifies eight objectives of…

Observes that it is often assumed that European citizenship education will be directly related to values education and will be implemented through history instruction. Argues that the meaning of key terms in the citizenship education debate are unclear and that research into the problems of such education is needed. (DSK)

A teacher-developed moral dilemma that can be used to help elementary students make judgments based on values of civic responsibility is presented. Teachers can use the dilemma as a model for developing other dilemmas relevant to their students and schools. (RM)