Culturally relevant political education: Using immigration as a catalyst for civic understanding.
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Wayne Journell, Assistant Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: In an analysis of National Assessment
of Educational Progress data, Niemi and
Junn (1998) found that students in the
United States know very little about politics.
While this news may be unsettling to
those who place a premium on engaged
citizenship, it is hardly surprising given
the general lack of political knowledge
and civic interest among the American
electorate that has been well documented
within political science research (e.g., Delli
Carpini, & Keeter, 1996; Hibbing & Theiss-
Morse, 2002; Putnam, 2000). Yet, many of
those concerned with this lack of political
engagement in the United States point to
the perpetually uninformed and politically
lethargic 18-to-25-year-old voting bloc and
argue that public education must do a better
job of informing and engaging students
in the political process (Macedo, Alex-Assensoh,
Berry, Brintnall, Campbell, Fraga,
Fung et al., 2005).
Culturally relevant political education: Using immigration as a catalyst for civic understanding.
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Language: English
- Date: 2011
- Keywords
- education, political education, culturally relevant education, civic education, political science education, immigration, civil understanding