We the Peopleâ ¦The Citizen and the Constitution is a course of study that enhances the civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions that lead to responsible citizenship. The curriculum, published by the Center for Civic Education, is intended for students in grades 5, 8, and high school. Students prepare for a mock congressional hearing in which they testify in response to questions about the philosophy and application of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. This project includes a history of civic education, a matrix showing a comparison of civic participation theories, and an examination of certain practices in 102 high school classes that participate in the Center's nation-wide competition, as well as comments from teachers who use the curriculum in other contexts. I compare classes that usually win their state's competition and go on to the national meet, or "Championship programs" to competitive classes that are historically less successful. Results of my comparison indicate that there are few important differences between the more successful groups and the less successful groups, and that those differences primarily center on the experience and academic strengths of the teacher. My interpretation of this outcome is that there is little to prevent any teacher from improving his/her skills to more effectively teach citizenship in this outstanding program. / Master of Arts

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:35:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6652.pdf: 2759252 bytes, checksum: 816a35a3e0d4e9d35af4331401fae843 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-16 / The present PHD thesis is intended to understand the formal aspects of colonial society. In this sense, Alexandre of Gusmão appears in this survey as a man whose ability to pedagogical application manifested in the founding of the Seminary of the Belém of Cachoeira. But for he found the Seminar there was an influence, an inspiration that led to this project. Starting from the Council of Trent and understanding as Alexandre of Gusmão sought the Founder of the Society of Jesus (Ignasio of Loyola) and jesuit intellectual enthusiasm for the project, unveils a tangle of strands, which enables the analysis not only of Alexandre of Gusmão, but of all the colonial context. Thus, we understand that Alexandre of Gusmão is a product of the educational constitution that has occurred in Brazilian lands; history of pedagogy that firm by the numbers of colleges founded by the jesuits relation with the metropolis. As the jesuits cultivated Luso-European Culture, by way of rationalizing the world, how come a pedagogical possibilities of application in the documents guided the Society of Jesus. Anyway, not only the intellectuals of the Society of Jesus, but the documents, the Ratio Studiorum and the Constitutions of the Society of Jesus, inspired Alexandre of Gusmão which adopts and creates, along with Manuel Correia As Regras do Seminário de Belém da Cachoeira forming the basis of a statute that would be applied by Alexandre of Gusmão to educate boys in Brasílica Colony. His whole way of seeing the school world, the rules for students, teacher, functionary, hours of visits, vacations and recreation, religious ritual, masses, reflection, etc, lead to practice good manners. / A presente tese tem por finalidade compreender os aspectos formais da sociedade colonial. Nesse sentido, Alexandre de Gusmão aparece nesta pesquisa como um homem cuja possibilidade de aplicação pedagógica se manifestou na fundação do Seminário de Belém da Cachoeira. Mas, para ele fundar o Seminário, existiu uma influência, uma inspiração que o levou a esse projeto. Partindo do Concílio de Trento e entendendo como Alexandre de Gusmão buscou do Fundador da Companhia de Jesus (Inácio de Loyola) e dos intelectuais jesuítas entusiasmo para o projeto, desvelou-se um emaranhado de vertentes que possibilitam a análise não apenas de Alexandre de Gusmão, mas de todo o contexto colonial. Assim, entendemos que Alexandre de Gusmão é um produto da constituição educativa que ocorreu nas terras brasílicas; história da pedagogia que se firma pelos números de colégios fundados, pela relação dos jesuítas com a metrópole. A pesquisa apresenta como os jesuítas cultivavam a cultura luso-europeia, pela forma de racionalizar o mundo, de que maneira aparecem possibilidades de uma aplicação pedagógica pautada nos documentos da Companhia de Jesus. Não só os intelectuais da Companhia de Jesus, mas os documentos, o Ratio Studiorum e as Constituições da Companhia de Jesus, inspiraram Alexandre de Gusmão a adotar e criar, com Manuel Correia, As Regras do Seminário de Belém da Cachoeira. Estas foram a base de um estatuto aplicado por Alexandre de Gusmão para educar meninos na colônia brasílica. Toda sua forma de ver o mundo escolar, as regras para os alunos, professores, funcionários, as horas de visitas, férias e recreio, o ritual religioso, as missas, a reflexão e outros conduzem para a prática dos bons costumes.