What kind of citizen? The politics of educating for democracy

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 237-269

  Westheimer, Joel ^a   Kahne, Joseph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Character; Citizenship; Civic education; Democracy; Politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442560013     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312041002237     Document Type: Review

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