Handbook of Civic Engagement and Education

Edited by Richard Desjardins, Professor of Education and Political Economy, School of Education and Information, University of California, Los Angeles, US and Susan Wiksten, European Institute of Education and Social Policy, France

‘A thought-provoking and significant contribution to the thinking on civic engagement and education that successfully integrates empirical knowledge with sophisticated theoretical perspectives. The editors should be congratulated for assembling such a stellar collection of authors. This book is an indispensable source for established scholars as well as students new to the field.’

• Contents:Introduction: civic engagement and education 1Richard Desjardins and Susan WikstenPART I BACKGROUND AND THEORY1 Civic education agendas: from popular education and nationalism toglobal efforts 12Susan Wiksten2 Habermas and civic education 28Raymond A. Morrow3 Seeking moral high ground – global citizenship education: the quest fora global planetarian ethics 42Carlos Alberto Torres4 Social contract pedagogy: enabling communication and governance forthe negotiation of balanced outcomes 56Richard DesjardinsPART II SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND ORIENTATIONS FOR SOCIALCHANGE5 Education as social movement tactic, target, context, and outcome 68Tricia Niesz6 Community engagement, feminist movements, and academia: thedevelopment of women’s studies in the United States 83Sondra Hale7 Ecopedagogy: teaching for socio-environmental civic actions throughlocal, global and planetary lenses 94Greg William Misiaszek and Syed Nitas Iftekhar8 Global citizenship education to disrupt neo-nationalism 106Amy Pojar, Yuqing Hou and Jason Nunzio DorioPART III CIVIC-ORIENTED EDUCATION, CURRICULUM ANDOUTCOMES9 Civic education and voting 123David E. Campbell10 Education and tolerance: a review of recent research 133Jan Germen Janmaat11 Youth civic engagement 152Xavier Mellet12 Critical media literacy for civic engagement in the United States 162Jeff Share and Trent M. C. McBride13 Aims, concepts, and assessment of the citizenship education curriculumin northern Europe 173Najat Ouakrim-Soivio and Jan Löfström14 Politics and ethics of civic and citizenship education curricula inDenmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden 182Jan Löfström and Najat Ouakrim-Soivio15 Intercultural citizenship education in university settings 191Irina GolubevaPART IV STUDIES USING COMPARATIVE DATA16 The IEA International Civic and Citizenship Education Study 211Wolfram Schulz and Ralph Carstens17 Review of International Civic and Citizenship Survey data analyses ofstudent political efficacy 234Eva Kosberg and Tessa Eriksen Grevle18 Volunteer participation, STEM background, and basic skills amongadults in the United States 247Takashi Yamashita, Wonmai Punksungka and Phyllis A. CumminsPART V STUDIES IN SPECIFIC CONTEXTS19 Civic and social engagement outcomes of education in emergencies:perspectives from varied contexts 265Andrew Swindell, Brian McCommons and Kathlyn Elliot20 Learning for change in health and social care: expertise by experienceas a new form of civic engagement 279Hanna Toiviainen and Elina Weiste21 Civic engagement during the biographical transition to retirement inGermany 294Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha and Veronika Thalhammer22 Integral education in Brazil: the main elements of the debate applied toan adult and youth school in São Paulo 305Aline Zero SoaresIndex