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Critical Civic Education for Young Children
Multicultural Perspectives Pub Date : 2019-04-03 , DOI: 10.1080/15210960.2019.1606641
Katy Swalwell 1 , Katherina A. Payne 2
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Conventional civic educational efforts in the lower grades often frame young children as “future” citizens who need to learn nationalistic patriotism, obedience to rules and laws, and trust in civic institutions to operate fairly toward all members of the community. In this paper we present a framework of “critical civic education” at the early childhood level that positions children as already civic beings with identities and experiences that inform their ideas about what problems matter and how they can be solved. We ask educators to help young children develop (a) a general understanding of current injustices (along with root causes) within their communities, (b) the ability to articulate and reflect on their own conception of an ideal society that advances human flourishing, and (c) strategies to advance their ideas. Through three vignettes we offer examples of how early childhood education can engage in this type of critical civic education.

中文翻译:

幼儿批判性公民教育

低年级的传统公民教育工作通常将幼儿视为“未来”公民,他们需要学习民族主义爱国主义、遵守规则和法律,并相信公民机构能够对社区的所有成员公平运作。在本文中,我们提出了一个早期儿童阶段的“批判性公民教育”框架,该框架将儿童定位为具有身份和经验的公民,这些身份和经验告诉他们关于什么问题很重要以及如何解决这些问题的想法。我们要求教育工作者帮助幼儿发展 (a) 对社区内当前的不公正现象(以及根本原因)的总体理解,(b) 表达和反思他们自己对促进人类繁荣的理想社会的概念的能力,以及(c) 推进他们的想法的策略。
更新日期:2019-04-03
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