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Book SynopsisUnderscoring the complex relationship between civic engagement and education at all stages of life, this innovative Handbook identifies the contemporary challenges and best approaches and practices to encourage civic engagement within education.
Chapters cover the theoretical and historical background of civic engagement and education, ideological and social movements, civic-oriented education, curriculum, and outcomes. Using empirical comparative data and unique context-specific studies, the Handbook explores ecopedagogy, education in emergencies, and the novel concept of social contract pedagogy. Addressing contemporary challenges to civic engagement in education, it examines polarization and extremism, accelerating planetary and societal changes, environmental crises, the digital divide, and post-Covid civic education. Ultimately, it finds that civic engagement is best supported by education practices that are characterized by humanizing, negotiated, collaborative, and dialogical approaches which encourage students to develop civic knowledge, critical thinking skills, and moral and ethical values.
Interdisciplinary and international in scope, this Handbook will prove vital to students and scholars of sociology and education studies. Its holistic understanding of how civic engagement and education interrelate at local, regional, and global levels will also be useful to policymakers concerned with improving civic and student support, engagement, and participation in education.
Trade Review‘A thought-provoking and significant contribution to the thinking on civic engagement and education that successfully integrates empirical knowledge with sophisticated theoretical perspectives. The editors should be congratulated for assembling such a stellar collection of authors. This book is an indispensable source for established scholars as well as students new to the field.’ -- Kjell Rubenson, University of British Columbia, Canada
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Since the Enlightenment, education’s influence on citizenship has been a constant topic of policy debate, theoretical reflection, and empirical research. As well as taking stock of our current understanding, this stimulating, interdisciplinary collection by outstanding scholars sheds new light on this complex relationship in a changing and often challenging global context.’ -- John Field, University of Stirling, UK
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: civic engagement and education 1 Richard Desjardins and Susan Wiksten PART I BACKGROUND AND THEORY 1 Civic education agendas: from popular education and nationalism to global efforts 12 Susan Wiksten 2 Habermas and civic education 28 Raymond A. Morrow 3 Seeking moral high ground – global citizenship education: the quest for a global planetarian ethics 42 Carlos Alberto Torres 4 Social contract pedagogy: enabling communication and governance for the negotiation of balanced outcomes 56 Richard Desjardins PART II SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE 5 Education as social movement tactic, target, context, and outcome 68 Tricia Niesz 6 Community engagement, feminist movements, and academia: the development of women’s studies in the United States 83 Sondra Hale 7 Ecopedagogy: teaching for socio-environmental civic actions through local, global and planetary lenses 94 Greg William Misiaszek and Syed Nitas Iftekhar 8 Global citizenship education to disrupt neo-nationalism 106 Amy Pojar, Yuqing Hou and Jason Nunzio Dorio PART III CIVIC-ORIENTED EDUCATION, CURRICULUM AND OUTCOMES 9 Civic education and voting 123 David E. Campbell 10 Education and tolerance: a review of recent research 133 Jan Germen Janmaat 11 Youth civic engagement 152 Xavier Mellet 12 Critical media literacy for civic engagement in the United States 162 Jeff Share and Trent M. C. McBride 13 Aims, concepts, and assessment of the citizenship education curriculum in northern Europe 173 Najat Ouakrim-Soivio and Jan Löfström 14 Politics and ethics of civic and citizenship education curricula in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden 182 Jan Löfström and Najat Ouakrim-Soivio 15 Intercultural citizenship education in university settings 191 Irina Golubeva PART IV STUDIES USING COMPARATIVE DATA 16 The IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 211 Wolfram Schulz and Ralph Carstens 17 Review of International Civic and Citizenship Survey data analyses of student political efficacy 234 Eva Kosberg and Tessa Eriksen Grevle 18 Volunteer participation, STEM background, and basic skills among adults in the United States 247 Takashi Yamashita, Wonmai Punksungka and Phyllis A. Cummins PART V STUDIES IN SPECIFIC CONTEXTS 19 Civic and social engagement outcomes of education in emergencies: perspectives from varied contexts 265 Andrew Swindell, Brian McCommons and Kathlyn Elliot 20 Learning for change in health and social care: expertise by experience as a new form of civic engagement 279 Hanna Toiviainen and Elina Weiste 21 Civic engagement during the biographical transition to retirement in Germany 294 Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha and Veronika Thalhammer 22 Integral education in Brazil: the main elements of the debate applied to an adult and youth school in São Paulo 305 Aline Zero Soares Index
