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Record Nr.

UNINA9910156333503321

Autore

Letizia Angelo J

Titolo

Democracy and Social Justice Education in the Information Age [[electronic resource] /] / by Angelo J. Letizia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-40769-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 222 p. 49 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

370.711

Soggetti

Teaching

Educational policy

Education and state

Educational sociology

Teaching and Teacher Education

Educational Policy and Politics

Sociology of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Citizenship in the Information Age -- Chapter 2: Locate-Evaluate-Activate -- Chapter 3: Dialogue for Democracy -- Chapter 4: STEM and Democracy -- Chapter 5: Discourse for Democracy -- Chapter 6: Meaningful Democracy -- Chapter 7: Justice for Democracy -- Chapter 8: Leadership in a Democracy -- Chapter 9: Writing for Democracy -- Chapter 10: The Wider Picture.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents educators with research-based strategies to promote civic education in their classrooms. Going beyond theory and measures of achievement, these methods focus on information location, evaluation and activation, dialogue in the classroom, understandings of discourse in popular culture and policymaking, and understanding the role of STEM disciplines in democracy. The author also furthers considerations of how the political process can provide meaning and new visions of justice in a globalized world, and advance student leadership and academic writing in the information age. As the



world faces unprecedented levels of poverty, wealth disparity, environmental destruction, and ethical questions regarding biotechnology, the United States needs knowledgeable citizens to effectively deal with these issues. Letizia provides teachers and teacher educators with the needed methods to foster these types of democratic considerations. .