Teaching the Social Studies through Your Local Community

Autor/inn/en	Filipovitch, Anthony J.; Ozturk, Talip
Titel	Teaching the Social Studies through Your Local Community
Quelle	In: Social Education, 76 (2012) 2, S.85-87 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7724
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Citizen Participation; Local Issues; Local Government; Civics; Citizenship Education; Social Studies; Curriculum; Standards; Service Learning; Textbooks; Michigan; Minnesota; North Carolina; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Gemeindeverwaltung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Gemeinschaftskunde; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Standard; Service-Learning; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch
Abstract	There is no better site for political or democratic action than the school itself and the students' own community, according to educational philosopher John Dewey (1859-1952). Learning about local government provides students with authentic examples of democratic processes and institutions that shape their daily lives. Getting involved in local issues, particularly through service learning, offers students experiences in democratic participation with adults and peers in their community. As natural and desirable as it might be to teach about the local community in civics education, most textbooks give it maybe a section of a chapter on "state and local government." Resources available on the Internet can help fill the gap and the authors describe some of the better ones in this article. (Contains 1 table and 3 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Council for the Social Studies. 8555 Sixteenth Street #500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 800-683-0812; Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; e-mail: membership@ncss.org; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10