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Part of the Research in Social Education series, this text is divided into three parts: contexts; curricula; and assessments. It covers such topics as the irony of exclusion; teaching tolerance; and multicultural citizenship education.

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Author:   Walter C. Parker
Publisher:   Information Age Publishing
Imprint:   Information Age Publishing
Volume:   v. 2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9781931576246

ISBN 10:   1931576246
Pages:   260
Publication Date:   30 January 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction, Walter C. Parker, University of Washington, Part I: Contects. Education and the American Dream, Nathan Scovronick, Jennifer Hochschild, Princeton University. Similar but Different: Civic Education in England and the U.S., Elizabeth Frazer, Oxford University. The Irony of Exclusion: Education in Seattle During the Japanese American Incarceration, Yoon Pak, University of Illionis. Part II: Curricula. Democratic Citizenship Education in the US: A Nation-wide Case Study, Carole Hahn, Emory University. The Issue-centered/Discipline-centered Tension in Curriculum Development, John Patrick, Thomas Vontz, Indiana University. Teaching Tolerance, Patricia Avery, University of Minnesota. Multicultural Citizenship Education, James A. Banks, University of Washington. Educating """"World Citizens"""": A Multinational Curriculum Proposal, Walter Parker, University of Washington, Akira Ninomiya, Hiroshima University, and John Cogan, University of Minnesota. Part III: Assessments. What 14-Year-olds Know about Democracy in 22 Nations: IEA Clvics, Judith Tomey-Purta, Wendy Richardson, University of Maryland. Classroom Assessment of Civic Discourse, David Harris, Michigan Public Schools."

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