Educating Citizens: A Cross-Cultural Conversation

Autor/inn/en	Adler, Susan A.; Moi, Kho Ee
Titel	Educating Citizens: A Cross-Cultural Conversation
Quelle	In: Journal of International Social Studies, 1 (2011) 2, S.1-20 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2327-3585
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Education; Citizenship Education; Cross Cultural Studies; Preservice Teachers; Beliefs; Discourse Analysis; Social Studies; Citizenship Responsibility; Cultural Differences; Intercultural Communication; Cultural Context; Assignments; Knowledge Level; Social Values; Problem Solving; Decision Making; Empowerment; Social Justice; Student Attitudes; United States; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Belief; Glaube; Diskursanalyse; Gemeinschaftskunde; Kultureller Unterschied; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Assignment; Auftrag; Zuweisung; Wissensbasis; Sozialer Wert; Problemlösen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Schülerverhalten; USA; Singapur
Abstract	This study explores pre-service teachers' beliefs about citizenship across two nations, the United States and Singapore; the nature of their conversation about those beliefs; and the impact of their cross-cultural dialog on their reflections about the citizenship goal of social studies. Data is based on a Black Board-based threaded dialog, over two different semesters, between preservice social studies teachers in the two countries. The discussions focused on the meanings each group held about what it means to be an effective citizen. Data was analyzed around themes of knowledge, skills, and values. The conversations provided some insight into the similarities and differences in conceptions of citizenship held by these two groups of preservice teachers. Across both groups and both years, the dominant view of the "good citizen" expressed by participants was that of the "personally responsible citizen." While many similarities were evident, there were also clear differences which the facilitators attributed to differences in disciplinary grounding and cultural contexts. Participants reported that the cross-cultural dialog had encouraged them to think more deeply about the concept of citizenship and the goals of social studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01