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This book addresses the challenge of education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. It offers examples of efforts to create among our students a new set of what Tocqueville called mores or culturally defining 'habits of the heart' which will enhance citizenship, foster a sense of connectedness to a community stretching beyond the university, and ultimately, support the practices, basic values, and institutions necessary for the democratic process.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Education for Citizenship: Some Themes from Recent Innovations and Questions for the Future Chapter 2 Teaching American Politics Through Service: Reflections on a Pedagogical Strategy Chapter 3 Service Learning as Civic Learning: Lessons We Can Learn from Our Students Chapter 4 The Urban Agenda Project Chapter 5 Citizenship Courses as Life-Changing Experiences Chapter 6 Internships and Citizenship Chapter 7 Enhancing Citizenship Through Active Learning: Simulations on the Policy Process Chapter 8 Doing the Rights Thing: Tales of Citizenship and Free Speech Chapter 9 Teaching the Art of Public Deliberation: National Issues Forums on Campus Chapter 10 Democratizing the Classroom: The Individual Learning Contract Chapter 11 Wading in the Deep: Supporting Emergent Anarchies Chapter 12 Team-Taught Courses and Multidisciplinary Education for Citizenship Chapter 13 Using the Internet to Enhance Classroom and Citizenship Information Chapter 14 The Internet as a Tool for Student Citizenship
About the author
Grant Reeher is associate professor of political science at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Joseph Cammarano is assistant professor of political science at Providence College.
Summary
This volume addresses the challenge of education for citizenship at a specific, concrete level. It offers examples of efforts to create among students a new set of what Tocqueville called mores or culturally defining "habits of the heart".
