Agency and Identity : How Research Informs Teaching for the Common Good

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Agency and Identity : How Research Informs Teaching for the Common Good
Creator
Levstik Linda S.
Source Title
Theory and Research for Developing Learning Systems
Volume 2
Start Page 9
End Page 22
Abstract
As argued in Teaching History for the Common Good, the measure of a democratic society lies in the degree to which its members learn to exercise individual and collective agency in informed, intelligent, and humane ways and to demand the same from national and global institutions. One way in which teaching history can advance democratic aims involves the exploration of the historical roots of democratic dilemmas with particular attention to analyzing the differential agency available to individuals, groups and institutions in responding to such dilemmas. This paper draws on an on-going research project to explore the ways in which personal and aspirational identities support students’ deeper engagement with history. Students’ more nuanced understandings of how the past influenced the present led to interest in and concern for the power citizens have to shape those influences.
Keywords
History Education
Agency
Identity
Perspective
Civic Engagement
Descriptions
Presentations in Hiroshima and Tokyo, Japan May 27-June 3, 2016
NDC
Education [ 370 ]
Language
eng
Resource Type journal article
Publisher
Research Initiative for Developing Learning Systems (RIDLS)
Date of Issued 2016-03
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 2189-9460