Civic Engagement Pedagogy Across the Globe

Session Submission Type: Virtual Full Paper Panel

Session Description

A thriving and peaceful democracy requires an informed and engaged citizenry, but such citizenship must be learned. Declining rates of civic and political knowledge and engagement among young adults across the world have sparked calls to action in the last twenty years or so as well as a strengthening commitment to teaching the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to sustain a democracy. Educators around the globe are faced with challenges in teaching politics in an era in which populist values are on the rise, authoritarian governance is legitimized, and core democratic tenets are regularly questioned and undermined by leaders and citizens alike. To combat anti-democratic outcomes and citizens’ apathy, educators need a wider range of pedagogical tools to help the current generation learn to effectively navigate and lead debates and changes in local, national, and global political issues, policies, and systems.
In this panel, participants share examples of civic engagement courses around the world - successes, failures, and paths for improvement. The panel is composed of a selection of authors from the APSA publication Teaching Civic Engagement Globally (2021).

Sub Unit

• Division 10: Political Science Education

Cosponsor

• Division 58: Civic Engagement

Individual Presentations

• Teaching Group-Oriented Foreign Policy Analysis for Civic Engagement - Dmitry Lanko, St. Petersburg State University

• The Effects of Teaching Democracy - Georgia Panagiotidou; Theodore Chadjipadelis, Aristotle University Thessaloniki

• Understanding Undergraduates’ Perceptions of Civic Engagement Across Countries - Sharon Mary Feeney, Technological University (TU) Dublin; John W. Hogan, Technological University Dublin

Chair

• Taiyi Sun Christopher Newport University

Discussants

• Nicole Webster

• Dick Simpson University of Illinois, Chicago