Open Access5: THE CITIZENSHIP IMPERATIVE AND THE ROLE OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT
Author(s) -
Bernstein Jeffrey L.,
Nowacek Rebecca S.,
Smith Michael B.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
to improve the academy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-4822
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-4822.2011.tb00648.x
Subject(s) - citizenship , variety (cybernetics) , curriculum , citizenship education , pedagogy , engineering ethics , political science , sociology , public relations , engineering , computer science , law , artificial intelligence , politics
By teaching the capacity for citizenship across the curriculum, colleges and universities can better serve their role as socially responsive institutions. We argue that citizenship themes can be more central to a wide variety of classes, including some in disciplines not considered traditional homes for civic education. Faculty development centers can play a critical role in helping faculty integrate citizenship into the curriculum and evaluate the learning that occurs in their citizenship‐oriented classes. We offer guidelines for how learning communities can best serve these purposes.