Are We Preparing Young People for 21st-Century Citizenship with 20th-Century Thinking? A Case for a Virtual Laboratory of Democracy

Autor/in	O'Brien, Joseph
Titel	Are We Preparing Young People for 21st-Century Citizenship with 20th-Century Thinking? A Case for a Virtual Laboratory of Democracy
Quelle	In: Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 8 (2008) 2, S.125-157 (33 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5804
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Electronic Learning; Social Studies; Citizen Participation; Democracy; Simulated Environment; Socialization; Internet; Search Engines; Social Change; Laboratories; Barriers; Academic Freedom; Freedom of Speech + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Gemeinschaftskunde; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Demokratie; Künstliche Umwelt; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Suchmaschine; Sozialer Wandel; Laboratory; Laboratorium; Akademische Freiheit; Redefreiheit
Abstract	"We need a clear citizens' vision of the way the Net ought to grow, a firm idea of the kind of media environment we would like to see in the future. If we do not develop such a vision for ourselves, the future will be shaped for us by large commercial and political powerholders" (Rheingold, 2000, p. 6). If the online environment is not considered as substantially different from the offline one, social studies educators run the risk of applying preconceived notions not only of citizenship, citizenship education, freedom of expression, and commercial and public space to the online environment, thus, limiting its potential and young people's preparation for it. To prepare young people for online civic participation, a publicly supported virtual laboratory of democracy should be created that enables young people to become socialized to an online civic society and to learn how to act--in a civic manner--upon issues of importance to them and the larger society. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. P.O. Box 1545, Chesapeake, VA 23327. Tel: 757-366-5606; Fax: 703-997-8760; e-mail: business@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01