The voices, perspectives and experiences of girls and young women in history, political and civic education remain rare, and those of girls of color are even rarer still. This dissertation reports on the results of a qualitative study exploring girls’ perspectives on and experiences of citizenship in the Toronto area. Through the use of document analysis, semi-structured interviews; and photovoice, this study suggests that the girls easily identify traditional gendered expectations in their families, schools and in the society at large. At the same time, the girls often make deliberate choices to defy these expectations, carve out their own paths, and serve as advocates for gender equality, social justice and engaged citizenship. This study focuses on the voices of girls and the ways in which concepts of gender enhance, shape and inhibit civic action within schooling. Despite an increased emphasis on education for active citizenship in education more broadly, this study provokes serious questions about what girls are learning about their roles in society and how concepts of gender affect the ways young people understand and enact their citizenship roles. There are new fields of research in the areas of youth civic engagement, citizenship education, feminist and girlhood studies, all of which informed my understanding of these ‘citizen-girls’, however they still often remain separated and inadequately consider the intersections of multiple identity factors as well as the relationship between individual agency and the societal structures that construct dominant values. This study has important implications for educators and policymakers, suggesting a need for more spaces and opportunities both within the classroom, and outside the school, for girls and boys to critically engage with the messaging they receive about gender, democratic participation and citizen engagement. Furthermore, these girls’ experiences also suggest that we must broaden our definition of citizenship and civic participation in order to better reflect the myriad new forms of citizen expression being used by girls and young people in modern societies today.

The voices, perspectives and experiences of girls and young women in history, political and civic education remain rare, and those of girls of color are even rarer still. This dissertation reports on the results of a qualitative study exploring girls’ perspectives on and experiences of citizenship in the Toronto area. Through the use of document analysis, semi-structured interviews; and photovoice, this study suggests that the girls easily identify traditional gendered expectations in their families, schools and in the society at large. At the same time, the girls often make deliberate choices to defy these expectations, carve out their own paths, and serve as advocates for gender equality, social justice and engaged citizenship. This study focuses on the voices of girls and the ways in which concepts of gender enhance, shape and inhibit civic action within schooling. Despite an increased emphasis on education for active citizenship in education more broadly, this study provokes serious questions about what girls are learning about their roles in society and how concepts of gender affect the ways young people understand and enact their citizenship roles. There are new fields of research in the areas of youth civic engagement, citizenship education, feminist and girlhood studies, all of which informed my understanding of these ‘citizen-girls’, however they still often remain separated and inadequately consider the intersections of multiple identity factors as well as the relationship between individual agency and the societal structures that construct dominant values. This study has important implications for educators and policymakers, suggesting a need for more spaces and opportunities both within the classroom, and outside the school, for girls and boys to critically engage with the messaging they receive about gender, democratic participation and citizen engagement. Furthermore, these girls’ experiences also suggest that we must broaden our definition of citizenship and civic participation in order to better reflect the myriad new forms of citizen expression being used by girls and young people in modern societies today.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 128-138).

Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Hong Kong, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-138). Also available in print.

The thesis focuses on the issue of civic attitudes adopted by students of vocational schools. The author presents an overview of previous Czech research which shows that students of vocational schools are placed at the bottom of international surveys inquiring civic and political knowledge. Moreover, the results reveal that the students of vocational schools express their support for democracy as a way of government the least. The goal of the thesis is to describe civic and political opinions of concrete students and show who influences them and how. It is designed as a multiple case study. Six students of vocational schools from Prague, a smaller town and a village in Central Bohemian Region were chosen to participate in the study. The core of the work is the description of the individual cases in a detailed context including their family, community, school and friends. The findings indicate that the studied students are usually not interested in politics. Their political beliefs are heavily formed by their family and peers. School as an institution does not have any influence, not even through civic education which is compulsory during the first years of high school education. It is most of all caused by fewer opportunities for an open discussion about basic topics in classes. Media have only...

This thesis is organized in two parts and is called "Teaching methods used during lessons of civic education at elementary schools and social sciences at high schools". Theoretical part deals with issues of teaching methods and their respective classification. Practical part is based on a survey amended with a conversation method. Aim of this thesis is to describe which teaching methods are used during classes of civic education at elementary schools and social sciences at high schools.

This thesis deals with the analysis of curricula, plans, civic education textbooks and civic education in the late eighties and nineties of the 20th century. The aim of this work is to analyze the today's approach to teaching civic education in the establishment of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and change of it before and after the revolution of 1989 by establishing a democratic regime. The work involves the analysis of textbooks and curricula from this period. The work is divided into two parts which are loosely linked. In the theoretical part of the thesis, there is the general definition of school textbooks, which are recorded features, concepts, structures, meanings, status, research and research methods according to various educational authors who dealt with analysis of school textbooks. This section is of narrower extent complemented by a variety of observations and comments of author. The practical part of the thesis is based on a detailed analysis of textbooks and curriculum of civic education that is embedded in the space of two historical periods of our country, at the turn of ending socialism and emerging democracy. The work focuses on the individual thematic subject which is then incorporated into the teaching curriculum of the elementary school years by the author. Here examines the appropriateness, timing and similarity teaching materials during the period of socialism with a democratic system of our state. Research component consists of a questionnaire survey work, where the former teachers are asked and current civic education. There are recorded difficulties of teachers and complicated transformation of the subject of the socialist epoch to the present democracy, referred to herein examines the issue of textbooks and curricula. In the practical part, the descriptive part analyzes composition of textbooks, curriculum demands for student motivation and graphic form of textbooks, educational goals and the interpretation of textbook materials for pupils.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:39:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Retido.pdf: 19733 bytes, checksum: 6aad255badc436a06364517de2344ab6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-25 / Completed nearly half a century to the advent of the military coup, it is necessary to the resumption of a reflection on the impact of the military regime in the Brazilian education. Although the conquest of the State of democratic law have achieved more than twenty years, the legacy of the military dictatorship educational public policy and, even, about the social imaginary is still present. Some brands of the impact of the military regime in Brazilian education are, even today, Government speeches and us candied policy proposals of attendance at educational demands, such as: the linking of public education to the interests and needs of the market; investment in the private sector and encouraging voluntarism, to meet the responsibility of the State; the quantitative expansion of public education, with compromised quality and low cost for the Government; imposing the use of materials and teaching resources by the State; and the disqualification of teachers. The purpose of this study is, through the authoritarian political discourse on education and its embodiment in public policy, understand how the implementation of moral discipline and civic. The main source of this research is the magazine Documents, Official Journal of the federal Government. Starting from the analysis of laws, decrees, opinions, speeches and articles published in the magazine Documents, seeks to understand the implementation of public policies aimed at educational and Civic Moral education. Knowing of the legacy that the authoritarian State left for the Brazilian society, is considered essential to revisit some aspects of educational policy deployed during this period, because the more we understand the past, more clearly sees this. / Completado quase meio século do advento do golpe militar, faz-se necessário a retomada de uma reflexão sobre o impacto do regime militar na educação brasileira. Apesar de a conquista do Estado de direito democrático ter alcançado mais de vinte anos, o legado da ditadura militar sobre as políticas públicas educacionais e, até mesmo, sobre o imaginário social ainda se faz presente. Algumas marcas do impacto do regime militar na educação brasileira encontram-se, ainda hoje, cristalizadas nos discursos governamentais e nas propostas políticas de atendimento às demandas educacionais, tais como: a vinculação da educação pública aos interesses e necessidades do mercado; o investimento na iniciativa privada e o incentivo ao voluntarismo, para suprir a responsabilidade do Estado; a expansão quantitativa do ensino público, com qualidade comprometida e baixo custo para o governo; a imposição da utilização de materiais e recursos didáticos pelo Estado; e a desqualificação dos professores. A finalidade deste estudo é, por meio do discurso político autoritário sobre a educação e sua materialização em políticas públicas, entender como se deu a implementação da disciplina de moral e cívica. A fonte principal desta pesquisa é a revista Documenta, periódico oficial do governo federal. Partindo da análise de leis, decretos, pareceres, discursos e artigos publicados na revista Documenta, procura-se compreender a implantação de políticas públicas educacionais voltadas à Educação Moral e Cívica. Sabendo-se do legado que o Estado autoritário deixou para a sociedade brasileira, considera-se imprescindível revisitar alguns aspectos da política educacional implantada neste período, pois quanto mais se compreende o passado, mais claramente se enxerga o presente.

This qualitative study is done with the purpose of creating understanding for the theoretical democratic content in educational materials for Civic Education courses 1a1 and 1b during GY-11, so teachers create an intentional approach when using educational materials in their democratic education. This was motivated as important considering the reduction in obligatory Civic Education for the vocational programs. The study was conducted using a hermeneutic qualitative reading method where the educational materials, more specifically two series with one book for each course, was read with purpose of creating understanding for the democratic content according to ideal democratic models: deliberative democracy, participatory democracy and electoral democracy. A text voice analysis was also conducted using Bakhtins theory of dialogic and monologue text that contributed to the general result concerning the democratic content. The results show that the electoral democracy ideal is dominant in all educational materials, there is hence no striking difference between the democratic content in 1a1 and 1b educational materials. Though the study shows intention in the 1a1 educational materials towards a more participatory democracy ideal, the electoral ideal are still clearly dominant. / Denna kvalitativa studie är genomförd med syftet att skapa förståelse för det demokratiteoretiska innehåll som finns i läromedel för Samhällskunskap 1a1 och 1b under GY11, så att lärare kan skapa ett medvetet förhållningsätt till läromedel i deras demokratiundervisning. Detta upplevdes som väldigt aktuellt med tanke på nedskärningen av den obligatoriska Samhällskunskapen på yrkesförberedande program. I studien användes kvalitativ hermeneutisk läs metod där läromedlen, närmare bestämt två serier av böcker med en bok för respektive kurs, lästes med syftet att skapa förståelse för det demokratiska innehållet enligt de demokratiteoretiska ideal modellerna: deliberativ demokrati, deltagardemokrati och valdemokrati. En text röst analys genomfördes också där Bakthins teori om dialogiska och monologiska texter användes och detta bidrog till det generella resultatet rörande demokratiteoretiskt innehåll. Resultatet visar att det valdemokratiska idealet är dominerande i samtliga läromedel, det finns alltså ingen slående skillnad mellan det demokratiteoretiska innehållet i läromedel för 1a1 och 1b. Dock visar studien intentioner i läromedlen för 1a1 om en ansats mot mer deltagardemokratiska ideal, trots detta är det valdemokratiska idealet klart dominant också där.

Orientador : Maria do Carmo Martins / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Educação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-09T19:42:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Onghero_AndreLuiz_M.pdf: 2273083 bytes, checksum: 9861939ec95da1142b5ea164fffede97 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo : Esta pesquisa tem como objeto a disciplina de Educação Moral e Cívica (EMC) nos currículos escolares e nas práticas dos professores de escolas do Oeste catarinense durante o período de 1969 a 1993. A partir de fontes históricas variadas como leis, decretos e pareceres; livros didáticos e depoimentos de professores, procuro construir um conhecimento histórico que inclui as práticas de EMC nas escolas de uma região com características específicas. A Educação Moral e Cívica esteve presente nos currículos escolares a partir da proclamação da República, em certos períodos, como disciplina escolar e, em outros, como prática educativa. Após a instalação da Ditadura Militar, foi incluída como disciplina escolar obrigatória e prática educativa, permanecendo nos currículos escolares até 1993. Esta pesquisa analisa as prescrições curriculares para a disciplina, a formação de professores e os conteúdos programados. Alguns conteúdos da disciplina foram analisados com base nos livros didáticos, entrevistas e prescrições. Nas entrevistas, os professores narram diferentes práticas, atividades, avaliações e usos para os livros didáticos, demonstrando relativa autonomia em suas aulas / Abstract : The object of this research is the school subject Moral and Civic Education (EMC) in the school curriculum and practices of the teachers from the West of Santa Catarina schools during the 1969 to 1993 period. Starting from different historical fonts as legislation, didactical books, photographs and teacher¿s testimonials, I intent to build an historical knowledge that includes the practices of EMC in the schools from a place with specific characteristics. The moral and civic education was included in the school curriculum after the proclamation of republic, some periods as a school subject and others as an educative practice. After the introduction of the Military Dictatorship, it was implanted as obligatory school subject and educative practice, remaining in the school curriculum until 1993. This research analyses the curricular order to the subject, the teachers formation and the programmated contents. Some contents were analyzed using the didactical books, interviews and curricular orders. In the interviews, the teachers talk about different practices, activities, avaliations and the uses for the didactic books, showing a relative autonomy in their classes / Mestrado / Educação, Conhecimento, Linguagem e Arte / Mestre em Educação