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Graduate Citizens? Issues of Citizenship and Higher Educationreviewed by Terence A. Beck - 2005 Title: Graduate Citizens? Issues of Citizenship and Higher Education Author(s): John Ahier, John Beck, and Rob Moore Publisher: Routledge/Falmer, New York ISBN: 0415257239, Pages: 200, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com Graduate Citizens? is a look into current debates in the United Kingdom around issues of citizenship and higher education. The authors conducted a small study to consider how the current emphasis on economic individualism is affecting British university students’ views and understandings of citizenship. Although the intended audience is British academics, both the nature of the debate and the conclusions drawn are of interest to American educators who think about the role of the university in citizenship education.
The book follows an organizational scheme that mirrors that of a journal article. That is, Chapters 1 through 3 set out the review of the literature and conceptual framework for the study. The introduction to Part 2 serves as a methods section. Chapter 4 outlines the findings of the study. Chapter 5 outlines the study’s implications, and Chapter 6 provides a conclusion and summary.
Conceptual Framework
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- Terence Beck
University of Puget Sound E-mail Author TERENCE A. BECK is Associate Professor at the University of Puget Sound. He teaches courses in educational sociology, multicultural education, and curriculum and instruction. His research interests include classroom discourse (particularly regarding deliberative discussion), democratic citizenship education, and the impact of practitioner research on individual teachers, practitioner research groups, and the schools in which they work.
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