development of citizenship education in social studies classrooms. Citizenship education must incorporate powerful learning that …

with authentic opportunities to participate in meaningful citizenship activities within their own communities.  …

considerations of citizenship. But we hoped to engage them in considering the topic more deeply and in new ways. We appealed to the … aid other practitioners interested in helping young people to cultivate richer concepts of citizenship.  …

immigrant adolescents conceptualize their political and civic citizenship in the United States. Three focus groups including a … interpretation, it was determined that study participants consider rights and responsibilities important to citizenship in a … youth may experience educational disadvantage. Adolescents in this study are developing their conceptions of citizenship …

for learning concepts about democracy, citizenship, and social justice through an immersion experience of interacting …

. The authors interpret understandings of citizenship as being closely related to conceptualizations of economics and view …

from different angles. While supporting NCSS’ stance on the teaching of citizenship, we call for a conception of … citizenship extending beyond human communities and structures to the community of the earth and all living beings. We also … encourage social studies teachers to take up the work of teaching for ecological citizenship.  …

Social studies teachers often feel a tension between wanting to teach for democratic citizenship and the need to cover … citizenship as a universally understood process, and suggests a guiding question to assist social studies teachers with how to …

Current events and citizenship intersect in students’ classrooms in ways both problematic and full of potential … International Civic and Citizenship Survey (ICCS). We then provide examples of the components of an open classroom climate and a …