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US based, linked with the Center for Civic Education

 

NZ Civic Education website Human rights education resources Has case studies at a school level and lessons

 

The High Intermediate and Advanced EL Civics Curriculum of Fairfax County, Virginia, Adult & Community Education

This takes you to the national curriculum objectives etc for citizenship education in the UK

This site gives links to civic education content and standards for each state in the US

 

 

 

 

 

 

NZ curriculum. Note that this is under review.

 

Singapore Civic and Ethics Curriculum

 

Papua New Guinea Curriculum online

 

 

 

 

Civic Education Study conducted by IEA 1994-2004 The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study being conducted by the IEA. 2008/10

 

The US Department of Education, Educational Resource Information Clearinghouse. Huge store of articles on civic education

 

Excellent article on Civic Education IEA study of impact of Civic Education in 28 countries

 

David Kerr’s discussion of the development of Citizenship education in the UK Walter Parkers’ Teaching Against Idiocy Article

Steven Finkel has written many articles on the effectiveness of civic education.

A USAID document summarising research and making recommendations Reviews trends in civic education programs in the former Soviet Bloc and identifies some lessons learned in fifteen years of programs working in the region. Osler, Audrey and Hugh Starkey. "Education for Democratic Citizenship: a review of research, policy and practice 1995-2005." 2005. A major literature review focusing mainly on British sources that was commissioned by the British Educational Research Association as its Academic Review for 2005. A recent article with a good set of links and references A description of the history of civic education in Germany US based journal that sometimes have excellent articles on civics and democracy promotion that you can download for free. A German website of the Federal Agency for Civic Education which has many articles on civic education. Some in English. US based website with links to many articles mostly relating to the debate in the USA This very comprehensive website has the national standards for reaching civics in the United States. It also has samples of the Centre for Civic Education materials such as classic We the People, Foundations of Democracy, Project Citizen etc The website of the US based National Alliance for civic Education Website of the CIRCLE organisation which is mostly dealing with non formal education International Foundation for Election Systems US based INGO National Democratic Institute US based INGO US based NGO promoting democracy. Has funded studies of civic education. Transparency International website. Has some interesting case studies of anti corruption work. IDEA, an intergovernmental organization, supports sustainable democracy worldwide. United States Aid in Development website. This agency has funded many civic education projects around the world. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of OSCE NZ Australia Fijian Election Commission List of links to Election Management bodies/Election Commissions Contains materials and links to education and democracy and governance. Council of Europe Division for Citizenship and Human Rights Education The US Centre for Adult English Language Association has compiled a list of print, online, and audiovisual resources that teachers can consult as they assist adult immigrants to prepare for the naturalization process and the citizenship examination. A clearing house of information on service learning International Parliamentary Union Excellent local government website A large authoritative multi lingual election resource A general encyclopaedia but with excellent articles which are written by contributors.