Law as Civic Education: Reimagining a K-12 Curriculum for Democratic Citizenship and Individual Character (1) (Routledge Research in Character and Virtue Education)
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- Synopsis
- If a civic education is the essential foundation for a functioning, discursive democracy, how should it be taught? This book offers an innovative solution, arguing that far from abandoning the often- grand promise of civic education as a means of cultivating reasoning skills and democratic character, we should embrace it, and proposes a reimagined civic education based on teaching students in primary and secondary school law and legal reasoning.Drawing on a range of theoretical disciplines— law, philosophy, ethics, sociology, psychology, and moral educational and child development theory— this monograph justifies the benefits of law learning as a form of character and civic education and offers historical and comparative educational examples to show what is possible. It demonstrates how legal teaching can be incorporated into a K- 12 curriculum and argues that such training can be transformative, guiding students to become citizens capable of meeting the demands of democracy: citizens with stronger reasoning skills, a motivation to self- examine their values and beliefs and bring them into conversation with social values, and an ability to effectively navigate political institutions and participate in public discourse.This compelling and deeply original work will be of interest to scholars and educators in the fields of civic education, character and virtue education, legal studies, and philosophy of education.
- Copyright:
- 2025
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 220 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040383636
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781032975825, 9781040383599, 9781003596523
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 06/27/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Taylor & Francis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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