Document Type
Honors Project
Abstract
My project has two aims. First, I seek to fill the gap in basic descriptive data about the state of civic education in Minnesota's high schools. Second, I attempt to shed light on civic education in the state by exploring influences to it. I argue that demographic characteristics of civics teachers and the communities in which they teach influence both civics curriculum and teacher's conceptions of civic education. In a nation that depends on citizen participation for the functioning of the state, it is important to understand that the ways we teach students to participate may differ across locales.
Recommended Citation
Costello, Hopi, "Constructing a Citizenry: Variance in Civic Education in Minnesota's Secondary Schools" (2010). Political Science Honors Projects. 27.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/poli_honors/27
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