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Consent versus controversy : = Communication, conflict and the teaching of citizenship.

Record Type:	Language materials, manuscript : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Consent versus controversy :/
Reminder of title:	Communication, conflict and the teaching of citizenship.
Author:	Dixson, Mary Campbell.
Description:	1 online resource (275 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-07, Section: A, page: 2310.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-07A.
Subject:	Communication. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9780496470419

Consent versus controversy : = Communication, conflict and the teaching of citizenship.
Dixson, Mary Campbell.

Consent versus controversy :Communication, conflict and the teaching of citizenship. - 1 online resource (275 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-07, Section: A, page: 2310.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Texas at Austin, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references

Americans crave harmony and agreement in civic life, yet conflict and argument are vital to the success of the nation. The ability to resolve civic disputes demands an informed, active, and rhetorically capable people. This study examines the extent to which conflict and controversy are included in the education of citizens. Specifically, I ask: (1) What are students' overall attitudes toward civic argumentation and conflict? (2) Are students being provided with sufficient opportunity to engage with others in profitable, if contentious, discussions? (3) Is the role of controversy in a democracy adequately represented in civics education? To answer these questions I conducted a content analysis of interaction held in high school civics courses, including student essays, classroom interactions, and textbook readings. My findings indicate that (1) textbooks provide a fairly well-rounded image of political controversy, characteristically describing it as important, inevitable, and manageable; (2) students are pragmatic in their conceptions of controversy, avoiding the emotional and ideological aspects of political conflict; (3) students evade conflict, considering it to be aberrant, destructive, and avoidable. Overall, I argue that because of their fear of becoming implicated in such a frightening political world, young citizens avoid accepting their own power and responsibility for effecting political change. Consequently, I argue that civic educators need to examine more closely how they conceive of citizenship. To help students be more prepared to take on their role as engaged citizens, civic education should increase its focus in four major areas: engagement, critical thinking, ideology, and dialogue. Ultimately to generate productive citizens, civics education must change its objective as well as its methodology.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9780496470419Subjects--Topical Terms:

556422
Communication.
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554714
Electronic books.

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