Calling All Citizens! Understanding the Value and Need for a Substantive Civic Knowledge

2012 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference and Track Summaries

“…In addition to clarifying the “how” and “what” in political science education, we need to better articulate the “why.” We must be reflective practitioners of political science. We must advocate for political science as essential to liberal learning because it is uniquely able to train a better educated citizenry that can engage in the processes of politics (Schneider and Buehler 2012). We believe that a Task Force for the Common Core is an imperative that we can no longer ignore.…”