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Library Resources Filtered by Author: "Joel Westheimer"

Total number of Library Resources: 12

Educating the "Good" Citizen: Political Choices and Pedagogical Goals (2004)

The authors call attention to the spectrum of ideas represented in civic education programs about what good citizenship is and...

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What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy (2004)

Educators and policymakers increasingly pursue programs that aim to strengthen democracy through civic education, service...

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What Kind of Citizen? Service Learning and Democratic Goals (2004)

Educators and policymakers are increasingly pursuing programs that aim to strengthen democracy through a variety of pedagogical...
What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Educating for Democracy (2004)

This article calls attention to the spectrum of ideas about what good citizenship is and what good citizens do that are...

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Educating the "Good" Citizen: The Politics of School-Based Civic Education Programs (2002)

This paper details three types of "good citizens": personally responsible, participatory, and justice oriented. Focusing on...

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Community Service Learning: Pursuing Jewish Ideals of Compassion and Justice (2001)

The author asks what a Jewish perspective on service-learning might offer. A prominent Jewish value is for education to be...

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What Kind of Citizen? The Politics of Assessing Democratic Values (2000)

This research paper, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, discusses how to assess...
Service Learning Required (2000)

Although school-based service learning programs have become increasingly popular, too few of these programs teach students the...
Service-Learning and Citizenship: Directions for Research (2000)

This essay highlights three areas of research that can deepen our understanding of the relationship between service-learning...
Service Learning as Democratic Action (1999)

The authors consider how to prepare students for participatory democracy through schools. They discuss the situation at C....
Among School Teachers: Community, Autonomy, and Ideology in Teacher's Work (1998)

This book examines two schools that set out to change the way teachers go about their daily work. Influenced by the growing...
In the Service of What? The Politics of Service Learning (1994)

With the current interest and allocation of resources accorded service-learning comes a growing need to clarify the varied...