Spatial Citizenship Education: Civic Teachers’ Instructional Priorities and Approaches

Abstract

This qualitative case study draws on interview and focus group data from six Civics teachers. As global education scholars assert, local, national, and global “levels of citizenship” do not occur in a vacuum, instead, each level is invariably connected to one another. Teachers in this study, however, placed different priorities on the levels – prioritizing the national, minimizing the local, and marginalizing the global. Participants also used different teaching strategies in order to teach the different levels: emphasizing knowledge acquisition and values transmission at the national level and more active civic behaviors at the local level.

The role of participation in the development of the smart city idea: frameworks, opportunities, mechanisms

“…New allies in the development of participatory budgeting (Geekiyanage et al, 2020), including ecclesiastical entities, cannot be engaged without education on the subject (Hilburn & Maguth, 2015) focused on shaping active attitudes and civic awareness. This process should follow the principle of place-based education (Chodkowska-Miszczuk, 2021), using local experiences embedded in specific local contexts and conditions.…”

Proposals and territorial concerns of the Geography students involved in the Project We Propose! 2019/20

“…In the contribution of geographical education to education for citizenship, we can find the importance of a multiscale reasoning. It is necessary to provide students with opportunities to investigate at local, national, and global levels, establishing links between these different analysis levels and implementing civic actions in these spatial areas (Hilburn & Maguth, 2015).…”

Hubungan Pengetahuan Kewarganegaraan dengan Partisipasi Politik Mahasiswa

“…Di Indonesia, upaya dalam menanamkan partisipasi politik kepada warga negara dimulai dari pemberlakuan kurikulum pendidikan yang di dalamnya memuat materi Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan. Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan merupakan bidang yang paling berhubungan dengan persiapan warga negara yang aktif dan bertanggung jawab serta memiliki pengetahuan, keterampilan, dan sikap kewarganegaraan (Hilburn & Maguth, 2014). Pencapaian hasil yang optimal dalam mempersiapkan warga negara yang proaktif dan bertanggung jawab, dilakukan dengan mewajibkan peserta didik di Indonesia untuk mengikuti mata pelajaran Pendidikan Kewarganegaraan sampai ke tataran perguruan tinggi.…”