Literature and the Development of Civic Consciousness [microform] : Questions from the 1987 Institute on Writing, Thinking, and Citizenship Education / Sandra Stotsky
- Bib ID:
- 5486973
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- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Stotsky, Sandra
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 12 p.
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The motivation for monitoring public affairs and for taking part responsibly in the civic process depends on a person's "civic identity," defined as a sense of kinship with and responsibility toward others in the community. Currently civic education is the province of social studies teachers, but English and language arts teachers could also play an important role in increasing the effectiveness of civic education. The Institute on Writing, Thinking, and Citizenship Education held at Harvard in the summer of 1987 was designed to help participants--teachers and administrators responsible for language arts/English or social studies--develop a multidiscplinary approach to civic education at all grade levels, with reading and writing skills at its core. School literature programs can also contribute to the development of civic identity in subtle but profound ways, such as helping develop students' aesthetic and moral sensitivities, and providing them with common cultural information. This use of literature to learn history and civic pride was at one time common in schools, but today's emphasis is on offering exposure to a wide variety of fiction representing various ethnic and racial groups. Thematic units in literature for the secondary school student could focus on perceptions of the community by using fiction that calls attention to the different ways in which communities are portrayed in literature. (NKA)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Fall Conference of the New England Association of Teachers of English (Nashua, NH, October 22-25, 1987) and at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (77th, Los Angeles, CA, November 20-25, 1987).
- Educational level discussed: Elementary Secondary Education.
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