Civic Education

Paper Summary:

The paper explains that in order to make informative decisions through voting and political activities, citizens need to understand the workings of policy choices and the responsibility and authority of their public servants. The paper looks at the types of civic educations present in Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, El Salvador and Japan.

From the Paper:

"Civic education is the process when public citizens of a democratic country acquire knowledge through different methods of learning that deal with their social and political rights and responsibilities. Because democratic countries depend on their citizens to make decisions that contribute to the operation of the government, citizens need to be informed and understand the workings of their government and the politics that go along with it. Ideally, citizens will use their knowledge to vote and voice their concerns in a collective format that elects public servants into office as well as holds them accountable. In order to make these kinds of informative decisions through voting and political activities, citizens need to understand the workings of policy choices and the responsibility and authority of their public servants."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Gaylord, Wendy. "Reformasi, Civic Education and Indonesian Secondary SchoolTeachers." Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies From Democratic Citizens. Eds. Doyle Stevick and Bradley Levinson. Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, 45-67.
• Huff, James. "Democratic Pentecost in El Salvador? Civic Education and ProfessionalPractice in a Private High School." Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies From Democratic Citizens. Eds. Doyle Stevick and Bradley Levinson. Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, 69-89.
• Levinson, Bradley. "Forming and Implementing a New Secondary Civic EducationProgram in Mexico: Toward a Democratic Citizen without Adjectives." Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies From DemocraticCitizens. Eds. Doyle Stevick and Bradley Levinson. Lantham: Rowman& Littlefield, 2007, 245-270.
• Motani, Yoko. "The Emergence of Global Citizenship in Japan." Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse Societies From Democratic Citizens. Eds. Doyle Stevick and Bradley Levinson. Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, 271-291.
• Torney-Purta, Judith. "Democracy is Not Only for Politicians; Citizenship Education IsNot Only for Schools." Reimagining Civic Education: How Diverse SocietiesFrom Democratic Citizens. Eds. Doyle Stevick and Bradley Levinson. Lantham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, 317-332.

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