Reimagining American Education: Possible Futures--A Curriculum That Promotes Civic Ends and Meets Developmental Needs

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Citizenship Education; Civics; Skill Development; Student Diversity; Elementary Secondary Education; Controversial Issues (Course Content); Curriculum; United States History; Cultural Influences; Political Influences; Religion; Common Core State Standards; Prior Learning; Public Education; Equal Education; Developmentally Appropriate Practices

10.1177/00317217211058526

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If schools are to prepare students to participate more productively in civic life, schools will need to ensure that they have opportunities to practice the skills of civic reasoning, argues Carol Lee. Yet schools are challenged by the limits in the curriculum and the difficulty of addressing the different types of prior knowledge that students bring to the classroom. Lee suggests that when schools build their content and pedagogy on current understandings of human learning, they will be better able to enable students from all backgrounds to practice building the understandings they need, now and in the future.

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2021

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