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ERIC Number: ED672648
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
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Available Date: 0000-00-00
Civic Reasoning and Discourse across the Curriculum: Digital Citizenship Education
Joe Kahne; Michelle Ciulla Lipkin; Brendesha Tynes; Sarah McGrew; Nicole Mirra; Antero Garcia
National Academy of Education
We live in a digital age. Our engagement in civic and political life and our engagement with digital media are deeply intertwined--presenting a vast array of new opportunities and challenges related to civic reasoning and discourse. This transformation, appropriately, has led to calls for an educational response. In particular, reform efforts in digital citizenship education cluster around three priorities: (a) promoting civility and diminishing bullying, (b) supporting credibility assessments of online information, and (c) promoting civic voice. The authors believe these three priorities are worthy of the attention they have received. Evidence indicates that educational efforts can be impactful, especially in helping to diminish cyberbullying and to increase students' capacities to decide what online sources to trust (Gaffney et al., 2019; Wineburg et al., 2022). At the same time, we must expand our understanding of these three priorities if we wish to promote the complete range of civic capacities. Indeed, if our schools were to provide civic education that truly prepares young people to contend with factors such as political polarization, disinformation, racism, and other forms of prejudice that make civic reasoning and discourse so challenging, then these efforts will need to expand significantly. In this report, the authors discuss ways that educators can expand attention to these three priorities for innovative instructional design. All three can support effective teaching and learning for the entire K-12 grade bands and across all subject areas. [This report is a collaboration between the National Academy of Education and the National Association for Media Literacy Education.]
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Related Records: ED672646
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Authoring Institution: National Academy of Education (NAEd)
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