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Civic education need not be intentional or deliberate; institutions and communities transmit values and norms without meaning to. It may not be beneficial: sometimes people are civically educated in ways that disempower them or impart harmful values and goals.
Civic education should help students develop a reasoned commitment to those fundamental values and principles necessary for the preservation and improvement of American constitutional democracy. Civic education, however, must distinguish between education and indoctrination.
Rebecca Winthrop argues why, in an age of growing polarization and rising civic deserts, civic learning must be considered an essential component of a 21st-century education.
Through project-based activities and projects, students learn about history while also developing their civic identity by reflecting on their own personal values to better understand the potential civic roles available to them.
Civic education is essential for the functioning of any democracy. It encourages citizens to become engaged with their local community, helps them understand the power of their decisions, and equips them with the tools to make a difference in their society.
We present a summary of the volume’s main insights and recommendations for a robust form of civic education that will prepare young people to become civic actors who can take responsibility for upholding and advancing democracy. This volume establishes the need to expand civic education across curricula, beyond a one-shot course.
Curricula for civic education should be centered on fundamental concepts that shape American democracy and civic life. Some of these key con-cepts are: core values of the U.S. civic tradition, such as liberty, equality, opportunity, justice, inde-pendence, interdependence, and E pluribus unum; awareness of global civic issues; and power (who
Levstik and Tyson categorized this spectrum into five broad categories representing the main components of CCE manifested in the U.S. classrooms: (1) U.S. democracy; (2) cross-national comparisons; (3) discussion and decision making; (4) service-learning; and (5) cosmopolitan and multicultural education.
CIVITAS, a comprehensive K-12 model for civic education, sets forth in detail the civic knowledge, skills, dispositions, and commitments necessary for effective citizenship in the 21st century.
Until the end of last year, the federal government spent about 5 cents per student on K–12 civic education per year versus around $54 per student on STEM teaching. (Congress increased funding for civic education to 15 cents per student, per year, in December.)