Improving Civics Education Means Preserving America's Character. Issue Brief No. 6061

Autor/in	Butcher, Jonathan
Institution	Heritage Foundation, Center for Education Policy
Titel	Improving Civics Education Means Preserving America's Character. Issue Brief No. 6061
Quelle	(2021), (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Civics; Citizenship Education; Democracy; Teaching Methods; Critical Theory; Educational Improvement; Federal Government; Government Role; State Government; Local Government; Educational Change; Democratic Values; Freedom; United States History; Public Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Taxes; Resource Allocation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerkunde; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Demokratie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kritische Theorie; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bundesregierung; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Gemeindeverwaltung; Bildungsreform; Freiheit; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Abgabe; Ressourcenallokation
Abstract	Schools are a reflection of culture and national character and should transmit these ideas through the teaching of history and government. Generally considered "civic" instruction, this subject is sorely neglected--an opinion shared by both sides of the partisan divide. A new initiative called Educating for American Democracy (EAD) wants to improve civic education in schools by increasing federal spending and U.S. Department of Education activities; revising state academic standards and civics curricula; and blending progressive priorities, such as climate change, race and class-consciousness, and gender identity, with history and civics. This issue brief discusses why these proposals are not a compromise between conservative and progressive approaches to teaching, but an attempt to expand the federal footprint in education while adding instructional techniques soaked in Critical Pedagogy. Key takeaways include the following: (1) Civics education must be improved, but the plan by the new EAD initiative for more federal activity would do more harm than good; (2) EAD's plan includes more responsibilities for Washington bureaucrats, even though education is a state and local policy concern; and (3) Reform to civic instruction should celebrate America's promise of freedom, and EAD's inclusion of Critical Theory undermines this commitment. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01