Deliberating Controversial Public Issues as Part of Civic Education

Autor/inn/en	Avery, Patricia G.; Levy, Sara A.; Simmons, Annette M. M.
Titel	Deliberating Controversial Public Issues as Part of Civic Education
Quelle	In: Social Studies, 104 (2013) 3, S.105-114 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0037-7996
DOI	10.1080/00377996.2012.691571
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Secondary Education; Classroom Techniques; Performance Factors; Teaching Experience; Student Development; Democratic Values; Social Problems; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Teaching Methods; Instructional Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Controversial issues; Kontroverse; Sekundarbereich; Klassenführung; Leistungsindikator; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	The authors argue that deliberation should be an integral part of secondary civics classrooms and teacher education programs. Drawing on a wide range of research, they contend that teaching and learning deliberative skills has the potential to build individual and group civic capacity. They share some of the results of an evaluation of one ten-nation project, "Deliberating in a Democracy," which suggest that teachers can learn to conduct deliberations in secondary classrooms. Furthermore, across countries, students reported increases in their understanding of issues, their ability to state their opinions, and their confidence in talking about controversial issues with peers. Most important, students demonstrated greater perspective-taking abilities than students not involved in the project. The potential limitations and weaknesses of the deliberative model are discussed, as are the implications for civic pedagogy and learning. (Contains 1 figure, 1 table, and 6 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10