| ISBN | 9780739170564 |
| | 9780739170571 |
| Call Number | Electronic Book |
| Title | Civic education and the future of American citizenship / edited by Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Jonathon W. White. |
| Imprint | [S.l.] : The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2013. |
| Physical | 176 p. |
| Content | I: Foundations of Civic and Liberal Education -- One: The Inspiring Idea of the Common School -- Two: Memory and Sacrifice in the Formation of Civic Consciousness -- Three: Polishing Barbarous Mores: Montesquieu on Liberalism and Civic Education -- II: The Changing Landscape of American Civic Life -- Four: American Amnesia -- Five: The Peer Bubble -- Six: Voter Beware: Responsible Voting in an Age of Political Marketing -- III: On the Ends of Liberal Education -- Seven: Majoring in Servitude -- Eight: Education to What End Vocation or Virtue? -- Nine: “Reflection and Choice: The Problem and the Promise of the Liberal Arts in America -- Afterword: The Impoverishment of American Culture -- Index. |
| Summary | The Founders of this nation believed that the government they were creating required a civically educated populace. Such an education aimed to cultivate enlightened, informed, and vigilant citizens who could perpetuate and improve the nation. Unfortunately, America contemporary youth seem to lack adequate opportunities, if not also the ability or will, to critically examine the foundations of this nation. An even larger problem is an increasing ambivalence toward education in general. Stepping into this void is a diverse group of educators, intellectuals, and businesspeople, brought together in Civic Education and the Future of American Citizenship to grapple with the issue of civic illiteracy and its consequences. The essays, edited by Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Jonathan W. White, force us to not only reexamine the goals of civic education in America but also those of liberal education more broadly. |
| Subject | Civics. (4) |
| | Citizenship. (52) |
| | Civics -- Study and teaching -- United States. (3) |
| | Citizenship -- Study and teaching -- United States. (3) |
| | United States -- Politics and government -- Study and teaching. |
| Added Entry | Busch, Elizabeth Kaufer. |
| | White, Jonathan W. |
| URL Object | Ebook |
| Group | E-Book |
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