Promising Practices in Civic Education. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 037 807 EA 002 654 AUTHOR Robinson, Donald W.; And Others TITLE Promising Practices in Civic Education. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C. SPONS AGENCY Danforth Foundation, St. Louis, Mo. PUB DATE 67 NOTE 381p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council for the Social Studies,Nat. Educ. Assn., 1201 Sixteenth St., N.W., Washington,D.C. 20036 ($4.00 paper, $5.00 cloth) EDRS PRICE EDRS Price MF-$1.50 HC Not Available fromEDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Citizenship, *Civics, Community, CreativeArt, Critical Thinking, Decision Making,*Democratic Values, *High Schools, Human Living,Information Seeking, Innovation, InternationalEducation, Objectives, Public Opinion, SocialSciences, *Social Studies, Technological Advancement ABSTRACT The survey reported in this volumeis one of four separate projects for an integrated studyof civic education financed by the Danforth Foundation. Visitswere made to 83 schools in 27 States selected from a list of 300 nominations.The selected junior and senior high schoolswere reputed to have promising practices in citizenship education. They representedall geographical areas - -miner -city, suburban, and rural--andwere located in communities with populations fromunder 2,000 to more thana million. The first three chapters of thisreport identify the project team's beliefs concerning contemporary educationalchallenges, goals for civic education, and methodsfor approaching these goals. Chapters 4, 5, and 6 include descriptions ofschool practices, arbitrarily grouped according to the citizenshipgoals they most strongly exemplify. Chapters 7 through 11 discussadministrative arrangements and other factors that facilitate civiceducation, Finally, chapter 12 presents a restatement of civiceducation ideals in the light of the practices observed in theschools. (MF) u I I 410 NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIAL STUDIES PROMISING PRACTICES IN PROCESS WITH MICROFICHE AND PUBLISHER'S PRICES.
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