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In: | Daedalus, 142, 2013, 2, S. 65-83 |
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MIT Press - Journals
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 65-83 |
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ISSN: |
0011-5266
1548-6192 |
DOI: | 10.1162/daed_a_00204 |
veröffentlicht in: | Daedalus |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | MIT Press - Journals (CrossRef) |
<jats:p> This essay explores the value and state of civics education in the United States and identifies five challenges facing those seeking to improve its quality and accessibility: 1) ensuring that the quality of civics education is high is not a state or federal priority; 2) social studies textbooks do not facilitate the development of needed civic skills; 3) upper-income students are better served by our schools than are lower-income individuals; 4) cutbacks in funds available to schools make implementing changes in civics education difficult; and 5) reform efforts are complicated by the fact that civics education has become a pawn in a polarized debate among partisans. </jats:p> |