Making Civics Count: Citizenship Education for a New Generation

by David E. Campbell (Editor)

"By nearly every measure, Americans are less engaged in their communities and political activity than generations past.” So write the editors of this volume, who survey the current practices and history of citizenship education in the United States.

They argue that the current period of “creative destruction”—when schools are closing and opening in response to reform mandates—is an ideal time to take an in-depth look at how successful strategies and programs promote civic education and good citizenship.

Making Civics Count offers research-based insights into what diverse students and teachers know and do as civic actors, and proposes a blueprint for civic education for a new generation that is both practical and visionary.

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First published October 1, 2012

About the author

David E. Campbell is the Packey J. Dee Professor of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-author American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us and Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics, as well as numerous other publications on religion, civic engagement, and American politics. Campbell is a nationally recognized expert in the study of religion's role in American politics.

Reviews

[Julia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too academic for the lay reader and, frankly, now from a simpler time when there were still norms in this country. Still, some good ideas and the goal of helping students to be able to discuss disagreements, goals, and policies in a civilized manner remains.