Digital opportunities for civic education

Joseph Kahne; Jacqueline Ullman; Ellen Middaugh

Digital opportunities for civic education

Joseph Kahne
, Jacqueline Ullman
, Ellen Middaugh

School of Education

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Abstract

Picture a university lecture hall, filled with first-year college stuents. In walks the philosophy professor who unfortunately has not had the chance to prepare for her Introduction to Philosophy class. However, she has a solution - she will pose a provocative question and then facilitate the conversation. She asks "Which is worse: apathy or ignorance?" The class is silent for a moment before a young man in the front row sleepily replies, "I don't know. And I don't care."

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Making Civics Count: Citizenship Education for a New Generation
Editors	David Campbell, Meira Levinson, Fredrick Hess
Place of Publication	U.S.A.
Publisher	Harvard Educational Press
Pages	207-228
Number of pages	22
ISBN (Print)	9781612504773
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

education
policymakers
media
society
virtual world
online activities

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