Rethinking Civics Education – Andrew Duden | The OC for Social Studies

OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies | Track Talk: Young Citizens

Rethinking Civics Education: How to Inspire Students to Be Effective Young Citizens

In order to inspire students to become civically engaged, we need to think deeply about the knowledge and skills necessary for students to be effective and productive citizens in the 21st century. In this talk, using stories of both success and failure, a teacher explores his teaching career with high school students in his Political Action Seminar class. He questions the current, traditional format of civics education and offers insights into how we can provide a potentially better model for student civic engagement.

About Andrew
Andrew Duden has taught for 24 years as a social studies teacher. He has taught primarily at Lake Oswego High School with two years teaching at the Escuela Americana in San Salvador, El Salvador. He lives in Portland, Oregon with wife, daughter and son and two dogs.

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OER Conference for K-12 Social Studies
August 5-7, 2020

We’re all exploring ways to ensure our students’ learning – and our own – continues to advance. Our new professional development conference for social studies can help meet those needs.

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