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In the field of political science, civics is the study of the civil and political rights and obligations of citizens in a society. [1] The term civics derives from the Latin word civicus , meaning "relating to a citizen".
Civic literature has found that "engaging young children in civic activities from an early age is a positive predictor of their participation in later civic life". [1] As an academic subject, Civics has the instructional objective to promote knowledge that is aligned with self-governance and participation in matters of public concern. [2]
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Democracy promotion measures include voting advice applications, [333] participatory democracy, [334] increasing youth suffrage, increasing civic education, [335] reducing barriers to entry for new political parties, [336] increasing proportionality [337] and reducing presidentialism.
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Citizenship Education was introduced as a statutory subject in the English National Curriculum in 2001 following the recommendation of the Crick Report in 1998. This report, which had been commissioned by the New Labour government following its election victory in 1997, called for "no less than a change in the political culture of this country both nationally and locally: for people to think ...
The Washington Post Editorial Board highlighted the shortcomings of traditional civics education, and the efforts of iCivics. [11] In 2011 the website added seven games and 16 lesson plans, and had over 700,000 unique visitors. [12] By 2013 it was the most widely adopted civics curriculum in America. [8]
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