Being Engaged and Knowledgeable: Social Science Thinking Concepts and Students’ Civic Engagement in Teaching on Globalisation

dc.creator	Johan Sandahl
dc.date	2013-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:08:04Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:08:04Z
dc.identifier	2000-9879
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f168c74cd89242589d3788fb34ea08b6
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11709
dc.description	The question of whether or not school makes a difference in preparing students for democratic citizenship has been debated for a long time in political science and curriculum studies. These discussions are mostly based on the results of international surveys measuring students’ political attitudes, values and participation. However, we first need to define what kind of prepared citizens are needed. This article takes on the definition issue and presents new perspectives by exploring how teachers in Social Science (Samhällskunskap) and their students in Sweden reason about engagement when they address complex societal issues such as globalisation. Based on interviews with a number of teachers and students I will argue that in order to understand what is going on in school we need to interpret Social Science teaching in terms of first- and second-order concepts, where the second-order concepts could be seen as “how to think like a social scientist”. I will make a case that there is a didactic dilemma for teachers trying to educate students who are both trained in disciplinary thinking and leave school as politically engaged. However, this dilemma is not unsolvable and I will hold a position that it might contain answers to some of the questions that political scientists deal with in terms of engagement.
dc.language	Swedish
dc.language	Danish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Karlstads Universitet
dc.relation	http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-27404
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2000-9879
dc.source	Nordidactica : Journal of Humanities and Social Science Education, Vol 2013, Iss 2013:1, Pp 158-179 (2013)
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subject	CIVICS
dc.subject	CIVIC EDUCATION
dc.subject	CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
dc.subject	STAND-BY CITIZENS
dc.subject	DISCIPLINARY APPROACH
dc.subject	FIRST AND SECOND ORDER SOCIAL SCIENCE CONCEPTS
dc.subject	CRITICAL THINKING
dc.subject	GLOBALISATION TEACHING
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.title	Being Engaged and Knowledgeable: Social Science Thinking Concepts and Students’ Civic Engagement in Teaching on Globalisation
dc.type	article