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March 29, 2017
Civic Pedagogies in Higher Education: Teaching for Democracy in Europe, Canada and the USA
- Author
- Laker, Jason; Naval, Concepción ; and Mrnjaus, Kornelija, eds.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY
- ISBN
- 9781137355584
- Table of Contents
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List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
Introduction – Civic Pedagogies in Higher Education: Teaching for Democracy in Europe, Canada and the USA (Jason Laker, Concepción Naval and Kornelija Mrnjaus)
ch. 1 Colleges and Universities Can Make a Difference: Human Rights Education through Study Visits of Human Rights Institutions (Peter G. Kirchschlaeger)
ch. 2 CommUniverCity: Building Community in the Silicon Valley (Dayana Salazar and Melinda Jackson)
ch. 3 Negotiating Change in Romanian Tertiary Education: Volunteering and Democratic Citizenship (Maria-Carmen Pantea)
ch. 4 Democratic Citizenship and the University Curriculum: Three Initiatives in England (Tristan McCowan)
ch. 5 Standing on Guard? History, Identity and the Quandaries of Citizenship Education in Canada (Jane G. V. McGaughey)
ch. 6 Student Designed Deliberative Forums as a Pedagogical Method (Alex Sager)
ch. 7 Learning to Participate: International Experiences of Service-Learning and Community Service Programs (Concepción Naval, Carolina Ugarte and Arantzazu Martínez-Odría)
ch. 8 The Personal Is Pedagogical: A Microcosmic Conversation on Democratic Education (Jason Laker, Minna J. Holopainen and Lorri Capizzi)
Index
In this text, university teachers from Eastern Europe, Western Europe and North America report on their efforts to prepare students for engaged democratic citizenship. Their case studies illustrate methods employed to prepare citizens for meaningful participation in democracies, whether long-standing, young or emerging. The contributors describe their approaches in detail, reflecting on the philosophical and pedagogical considerations being employed, as well as exploring models of experiential service-learning, action research, and other curricular innovations. Stakeholders are encouraged to replicate, modify or entirely recast the ideas presented, in the interest of building capacity within their institutions, peers and partners to realize and maintain the promise of democracy. (From the Publisher)