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civics
(redirected from Civic education)

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civics, branch of learning that treats of the relationship between citizens and their society and state, originally called civil government. With the large immigration into the United States in the latter half of the 19th cent., civics became a subject in the secondary schools and colleges through the influence of the National Education Association and other organizations.
civics
1. the study of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship
2. US and Canadian the study of government and its workings


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The first to take part in Earth Day Network's National Civic Education Project (earthday.
On the IEA Civic Education Study of 1999-2000, American students ranked 10 out of 28 countries on their knowledge of democracy.
Niemi and Junn (1998) suggest that civic education curricula should incorporate aspects of real life.
 
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