In Democracy at the Crossroads, the editors argue that there have been too few scholarly attempts to provide a comprehensive critique of the assumptions behind citizenship education. In particular, they ask the distinguished contributors to this volume to address difficult but essential questions that are often avoided or intentionally overlooked: What do all-embracing terms like 'global citizenship' really mean? What does democracy mean internationally? A timely work, Democracy at the Crossroad provides a necessary examination and re-interpretation of international perspectives on democracy...

Awareness to Citizenship - Environmental Literacy for the Elementary Child guides environmental educators, teachers, and parents, through the process of helping children to learn about the environment, respect living things, examine issues, make decisions, think critically, and become actively engaged as citizens within a community.

A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of "popular culture." Many interesting works have addressed this subject, but few have provided a critical perspective regarding the possibilities of popular culture as a tool for teaching and learning. White and Walker suggest that popular culture is a vital aspect of contemporary life and can be wielded as a tool for efficacy and empowerment, particularly among youth. The book addresses such important questions as: What is the role of popular culture in students' lives? What are the possibilities for...

A collection of eloquent essays, Tooning In critically examines and interprets the concept of 'popular culture.' Many interesting works have addressed this subject, but few have provided a critical perspective regarding the possibilities of popular culture as a tool for teaching and learning. White and Walker suggest that popular culture is a vital aspect of contemporary life and can be wielded as a tool for efficacy and empowerment, particularly among youth. The book addresses such important questions as: What is the role of popular culture in students' lives? What are the possibilities for...

Even if you are not the kind of person that loves history, there is a pretty good chance that you will have heard of Julius Caesar even though he walked on the Earth over 2,000 years ago. Quite simply, he is the most well known Roman citizen who ever lived and is the one Emperor that has stuck in the minds of people for thousands of years due to his actions throughout his reign. Such was his power, and the desire of others to emulate him, that even his name spawned terms such as Czar and Kaiser, which have been used by other emperors centuries later to announce that they had absolute power....

Social education is quite a journey. Given the ongoing debate and struggle with "defining" social education, the following is at present a "working definition" - "While we resist defining social education, we believe that social education emphasizes three areas of study: critical pedagogy, cultural/media studies, and social studies education. We also stress that education, interpreted broadly, has the potential to advance social justice." Thus emerged social education... a lifelong journey for all of us - to question, to challenge, to do, and to create. Connecting present and past, merging...

Social education is quite a journey. Given the ongoing debate and struggle with "defining" social education, the following is at present a "working definition" - "While we resist defining social education, we believe that social education emphasizes three areas of study: critical pedagogy, cultural/media studies, and social studies education. We also stress that education, interpreted broadly, has the potential to advance social justice." Thus emerged social education... a lifelong journey for all of us - to question, to challenge, to do, and to create. Connecting present and past, merging...