Elementary education students’ perceptions of “good” citizenship

dc.creator	Jason L. O'Brien
dc.creator	Jason M. Smith
dc.date	2011-05-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:16:54Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:16:54Z
dc.identifier	1309-9108
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c4d8757ada964483a73927f1cde62684
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18726
dc.description	The purpose of this study was to investigate how elementary pre-service teachers perceive of ‘good’ citizenship. Prior to any instruction in their methods courses, 309 pre-service elementary teachers from nine different states were asked to respond to the prompt “What is a good citizen?” The two most common responses were “helping others/community involvement” (n=180) and “following laws” (n=163). Using the framework created by Westheimer and Kahne (2004), the authors make the conclusion that a majority of undergraduates have adopted a “Personally Responsible” model of citizenship. The authors argue that social studies methods instructors should attempt to move students in the direction of adopting a more “justice-oriented” model of citizenship when teaching elementary students in their future classrooms.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Association for Social Studies Educators (ASSE)
dc.relation	http://www.jsser.org/index.php/JSSER/article/viewFile/31/pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1309-9108
dc.source	Journal of Social Studies Education Research, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 21-36 (2011)
dc.subject	good citizenship
dc.subject	preservice elementary teachers
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Elementary education students’ perceptions of “good” citizenship
dc.type	article