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This book presents a disturbing thesis: education - often through history textbooks - promotes civic illiteracy and turns civic responsibility into patriotic conformity. Youth are taught to support a dominant-elite view of international conflicts which undermines the critical abilities that are essential for citizens in a democracy. Expanding upon the social and educational insights of dissident theorists, the author challenges the view of civic literacy put forth by such educators as William Bennett and Diane Ravitch.
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Civic illiteracy and education, John Marciano
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- 1997
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- Title
- Civic illiteracy and education
- Language
- German
- Authors
- John Marciano
- Publisher
- Lang
- Released
- 1997
- ISBN10
- 0820428795
- ISBN13
- 9780820428796
- Series
- Counterpoints
- Category
- Pedagogy
- Description
- This book presents a disturbing thesis: education - often through history textbooks - promotes civic illiteracy and turns civic responsibility into patriotic conformity. Youth are taught to support a dominant-elite view of international conflicts which undermines the critical abilities that are essential for citizens in a democracy. Expanding upon the social and educational insights of dissident theorists, the author challenges the view of civic literacy put forth by such educators as William Bennett and Diane Ravitch.