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**Program in Social Studies ** **A&HW 5050 Civic Education: An International Perspective **
 * Teachers College Columbia University **

Welcome to our online database of the teaching of civics across the globe.

 The teaching of civics is an educational process that takes place in almost all countries in the world. The common denominator across this educational practice is the interest in examining what types of citizens the state wants to cultivate, and how to implement that concept within an educational framework. Usually, this process concentrates mainly on the tasks of stimulating civic engagement amongst the youth by the means of instilling knowledge, values and beliefs. Nevertheless, although all agree about the importance of this topic, this field encompasses various ideological conceptions regarding citizenship in the state, conceptions that produce significantly differing educational plans.

In order to examine and better understand this phenomenon, following please find the results of research of the teaching of civics in individual countries composed by students in the course.

Mozambique by Anthony Chile by Thomas Ontario, Canada by Shauna India by Robert France by Naomi Australia by Eliza Ireland by Stephanie England by Danielle Kenya by Matt <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 23px;">Scotland by Raphael <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Germany by Allan <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">China by Amanda <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">CT, USA by David <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Israel by Aviv <span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -10000px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 1px;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">the common denominator across studies dealing with the field of civic education is the interest in examining what types of citizens the state wants to cultivate, and how to implement that concept within an educational framework (Parker, 2008). National and cross-national studies have concentrated mainly on the tasks of stimulating civic engagement amongst the youth by the means of instilling democratic knowledge, values and beliefs (Hahn & Alviar-Martin, 2008). Nevertheless, although all agree about the importance of this topic, in fact this field encompasses various <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">ideological conceptions regarding citizenship in the democratic state, conceptions that produce significantly differing educational plans.