Education for Citizenship: Ideas and Innovations in Political Learning

Learning, above all civic learning, needs to be experiential as well as purely cognitive. Serving others is not just a form of do-goodism or feel-goodism, it is a road to social responsibility and citizenship. When linked closely to classroom learning (‘education-based community service’) it offers an ideal setting for bridging the gap between the classroom and the street, between the theory of democracy and its much more obstreperous practice. — Benjamin R. Barber, from the foreword

The authors . . . discuss the techniques they use to not only teach about good citizenship but to actually elicit engaged citizenship behaviors from their students. In the process, they incorporate some of the best new teaching techniques into college-level courses. All of the authors take pains to present the background and rationale for the programs they describe. . . . Well written and edited. ― Education Book Review

The book is well-written and editeddddd — Kate Corby, Michigan State University ― Education Book Review, (Web Site)

An engaging and useful collection of essays. . . . Political scientists who are interested in developing their students into responsible citizens can do well by reading through this practical guide. Together, the essays offer political scientists a wide range of ways to integrate citizenship-based projects and activities into their courses or their departments’ curriculum. As such, Reeher and Cammarano should be commended for bringing together these timely perspectives into a single volume. ― H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online

The book is well-written and edited — Kate Corby, Michigan State University ― Education Book Review, (Web Site)