The Youth Civic Development and Education panel, along with the Stanford Center on Adolescence, created a consensus report with recommendations for civic education policy and practice. Read the report here
Stanford Center on Adolescence will host a Youth Development and Education Conference, February 7th, 2013. Attendance is free, but please RSVP if you plan to attend.
9:00 Welcome by William Damon 9:30 Frederick Hess and Eric Liu Reinvigorating Youth Citizenship 11:00 Carole Hahn and Diana Hess Civic Education and Classroom Practice 12:00 Lunch will be provided 1:00 James Banks, Rachel Moran and Marcelo Suárez-Orozco Civic Identity in a Diverse Society 3:00 Reception Please contact me at hmalin@stanford.edu for more information or to RSVP Applied Developmental Science has published a special issue based on the American Identity Renewed conference that was held in New York City last June. The special issue is called American Identity: Philosophical Foundations, Developmental Perspectives, and Implications for Citizenship Education. Articles in this volume address the issues and challenges of national identity development among contemporary American youth. Philosophical, historical, psychological, and sociological perspectives on the problem are examined. The special issue is co-edited by Brandy Quinn, Bill Damon, and myself, and includes articles by Margaret Beale Spencer, Bill Sullivan, Jim Youniss, Jaques Benninga, Parissa Jahromi, and Kay Deaux.
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