New Directions in Education for Civic Life: Research With Students and Teachers

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium presents four empirical studies that add to an expanding understanding of the nature of civic participation and its implications for civic education. These four studies investigate 1) Black teenagers’ public mourning as civic engagement; 2) college students’ deliberations as a basis for deepening empathy and understanding around civic issues; 3) preservice teachers’ news consumption patterns and ideas about the role of news and media literacy in teaching; 4) U.S. and Singaporean in-service teachers’ ideas about preparing students to understand the role of incivility, as well as civility, in civic education.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Social Studies Research

Chair

• Min Yu, Wayne State University

Papers

• Civic Engagement After (Social) Death: Theorizing Black Kids' Public Mourning as Sites of Civic Possibility - Ashley N. Woodson, University of Michigan

• Fostering Understanding and Empathy Through an Open-Deliberative Dialogue Sequence - Jennifer Hauver, Trinity Washington University; Xiaoying Zhao, Illinois State University

• Preservice Social Studies Teachers' News Consumption Habits and Conceptions of News and News Media Literacy - Jessica Zaker, Indiana University

• Preparing Students to Understand the Role of Incivility and Civility: A Cross-National Study - Li-Ching Ho, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Keith C. Barton, Indiana University

Discussant

• Cinthia S. Salinas, University of Texas at Austin