Religion in the Civics Classroom: Implications for Accepting Educational Responsibility in the Formation of Student Civic Tolerance

• In Event: Religious Hostilities and Social Responsibility: Religious Pluralism and Education

Abstract

This paper is drawn from a set of qualitative interviews and observations with practicing social studies teachers who teach a senior level (12th grade) United States government/civics course at a number of secondary school sites in a major metropolitan area of the United States, as they grapple with what it means to teach about religion in their United States government classrooms.

Author

• John P. Shekitka, Manhattanville College