Preparing for Citizenship

.,."Takes developmental identity formation and its necessary implications for democratic citizenship seriously and treats the subject with the intellectual and moral respect it so deserves. It makes visible the power and inadequacy of the 'hidden curriculum' evident in most schooling and suggests that rather than leaving citizenship education to chance, we do it with explicit, powerful and ethical purpose."-Richard Hersh, President, Hobart and William Smith Colleges "An indispensable book for those seriously interested in soundly researched educational practice. A refreshing and energizing return to research committed to imaginative educational ideas grounded in the democratic vision."-David Purpel University of North Carolina, Greensboro, author of The Moral and Spiritual Crisis in Education "Mosher and his colleagues have chronicled an exceptional study of the application of the newest research in developmental psychology to the oldest problem in American education: preparing citizens for active participation in a democratic society."-Richard L. Hayes, College of Education, The University of Georgia

RALPH MOSHER is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Developmental Studies of Boston University. His many professional interests over the years have included teacher development supervision of beginning and advanced teachers and helping professionals cirriculum development, particularly to promote personal, socio-moral, and civic development in adolescents and reform of school governance, policymaking, and justice structures to enhance the adolescent's understanding of democracy. He is the co-author of Democracy with Children (1981), editor of Moral Education (1980) and Adolescents' Development and Education (1979) and author of How to Teach Your Child Right From Wrong (1981), Value Development (1978), and numerous other books and articles. ROBERT A. KENNY, JR., is a founding partner of the firm Kenny Howard Associates in Concord, Massachusetts. He specializes in citizenship education, values education, and community participation as strategies to promote development and positive values in youth. He was Associate in Education at the Center for Moral Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he started designing and researching democratic forums for children. A co-founder of the New England Conference for Democratic Schools, he has also served as an advisor at the local, state, and federal levels to develop policy for preventing adolescent self-destructive behavior. ANDREW GARROD is Associate Professor of Education at Dartmouth College. His research interests are moral development, moral education, and adolescence, and he has published widely in these areas. He is the editor of Approaches to Moral Development: New Research and Emerging Themes (1993), Adolescent Portraits: Identity, Relationships and Challenges (1992), and Learning for Life: Moral Education Theory and Practice (Praeger, 1992).

Introduction Democracy in a New Hampshire School: Applied Citizenship Education Education in a Democracy The Student as Citizen: Politics and Development The School Within a School: A Democratic High School Comes of Age Democratic Governance at a Large, Diverse High School: The Brookline Experience The Question of Representation in a Democratic School Taking Part: Democracy in the Elementary School by Ethel Sadowsky Education for Democracy and Full Human Competence Appendix A: School Government: The Council Appendix B: The Brookline High School Town Meeting Appendix C: Some Proposals Addresssed by Town Meetings Bibliography Index