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Speaking to the need to move beyond traditional formulations, this textbook presents radical visions for transforming civic education in the United States.
List of contents
1. Replacing civic education Elizabeth Yeager Washington and Keith C. Barton 2. Revealing is healing: toward the development of a history education reconciliation commission LaGarrett J. King and Richard D. Williams 3. “Why don’t you go free Mumia?”: Learning about and from U.S. political prisoners Jillian Ford 4. We all we got: Black teachers helping Black students through civic estrangement Kristen E. Duncan 5. No gods, no masters: practicing freedom through anarchist civics Alexandria Hollett 6. Transcendent civic education: global comparative explorations of hope and wicked problems Li-Ching Ho, Tricia Seow, and Qian Hui Tan 7. A hope for civic education: shared humanity and sustainability as guideposts Kathryn E. Engebretson 8. Renewing democracy: putting empathy first Jennifer Hauver 9. Social studies education in a backsliding democracy: more civics or democratic dreaming? Alexander Cuenca
About the author
Elizabeth Yeager Washington is Professor and Coordinator of Secondary Education and Social Studies Education at The University of Florida. Her research focuses on civic education, democratic citizenship education, and the teaching of difficult history and controversial issues.
Keith C. Barton is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University, United States. His research focuses on teaching, learning, and curriculum in history and social studies in the United States and internationally. He is co-author, with Li-Ching Ho, of Curriculum for Justice and Harmony: Deliberation, Knowledge, and Action in Social and Civic Education (Routledge).
Summary
Speaking to the need to move beyond traditional formulations, this textbook presents radical visions for transforming civic education in the United States.
