Promoting Civic Engagement in Schools in Non-Democratic Settings: Transforming the Approach and Practices of Iranian Educators

Autor/inn/en	Abolfazli, Maryam; Alemi, Maryam
Titel	Promoting Civic Engagement in Schools in Non-Democratic Settings: Transforming the Approach and Practices of Iranian Educators
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Comparative Education, 15 (2013) 2, S.53-62 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1523-1615
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Citizen Participation; Citizenship Education; Cultural Context; Religion; Thinking Skills; Skill Development; Teaching Methods; Democratic Values; Teacher Student Relationship; Teacher Behavior; Web Based Instruction; Indo European Languages; Critical Thinking; Government School Relationship; Vignettes; Case Studies; Service Learning; Natural Disasters; Activism; Online Courses; Iran; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Denkfähigkeit; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Web Based Training; Indoeuropäisch; Kritisches Denken; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Service-Learning; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Online course; Online-Kurs; USA
Abstract	Established in 2011, the Online School of Civic Education (the Online School) is intended to give Iranian teachers and educators the opportunity to reflect, experiment, and create classroom experiences aimed at teaching their students how to think, rather than what to think. The Online School was developed to provide teachers and educators inside Iran with an alternative to existing top-down, ideological, and teacher-centered civic education in Iran. The Online School's approach is to encourage teachers and, by extension, their students to think independently and analytically about their surroundings through activities and reflection. We argue that it is possible to provide teachers with experiential training in democratic civic education despite and within the context of the existing civic education paradigm in Iran, which defines citizenship in terms of devotion to religious ideology. We argue that, through this model, not only can teachers gain meaningful insight into the practice of democratic citizenship, but they also can enact changes in their classroom behavior and lessons that pass such understandings on to their students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Teachers College, Columbia University. International and Transcultural Studies, P.O. Box 211, 525 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027. e-mail: info@cicejournal.org; Web site: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/cice
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10