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Two-Column Notes

Date:
9/20

Name: Tyler Mathna

Class/Subject: EDTL 2760

Sources: Patterson, N., Misco, T., & Doppen, F. (2012). Beyond personally responsible: A
study of teacher conceptualizations of citizenship education. Education, Citizenship, and
Social Justice, 7(2), 191-206.
Page #
204

The Text Says


Notes (key concepts, direct quotes, etc.)

I Say
My notes, commentary

"This study shows that teachers


conceptualizations of citizenship education
can have a tremendous
impact on the sorts of citizenship learning
experiences students receive, and that
these conceptualizations
may pose barriers to effective social
studies teaching."

I've never thought about how my teacher views


citizenship would affect my social studies
education, but after reading this study I
understand now how that could limit my
citizenship education to an extent.

203
Justice-oriented teachers view knowledge
as a critical component in preparing their
students for
informed participation by challenging the
status quo and problem solving. Not only
do they prepare
students by teaching them skills to
problem solve, they provide them with
avenues become
citizens who directly address social
injustice. They focus on the

Although I am not a teacher yet, I agree with


this orientation of citizenship. I believe that it is
our responsibility as citizens to solve the
problems that our country faces, and the only
way to develop an effective solution is to be
educated on the issues at hand.

interdisciplinary nature of the curriculum,


such that citizenship education is the
foundation that unites all subject areas.

204

"The personally responsible teachers in this


study situated citizen action in voting
rights and
local community service. They gave little
attention to critical inquiry; rather they
focused on participating
responsibly within the system."

I agree it is important to participate responsibly


within the system, however I think critical
inquiry is just as important if not more so. It is
important to question things in society, so you
can learn about the issue and to ensure you
aren't getting cheated or deceived.

203

"These justice-oriented teachers


classrooms were active and meaningful in
the way that participatory
teachers classrooms were, offering
students the opportunity to practice giving
and responding
to reasoned arguments"

Given this information I can somewhat idenify


what my AP Government teachers citizenship
conceptualization was, considering this was
often how the class was conducted. He was one
of my favorite teachers and was a great
influence on me pursuing this as a career.

Connections:
This reading made me think back to the
question in BP2 "What is Social Studies and
why teach it?", of course you teach it
because you enjoy that field of work and

your impact on the world. However when it


comes to social studies or citizenship
education, maybe we teach it to try to form
our students to our own ideas in
citizenship, to plant a seed and hope they
blossom into the citizens we'd like to see in
our country. This leads me to the question
of if the study in BP4 was good or bad
news, and I am somewhat divided. I
believe it is important to teach good
citizenship skills to the students, but if we
inject our own citizenship beliefs into our
teaching are we teaching in a way that
allows for the student to freely choose how
they want to go about being a citizen, or
are we teaching them the way we feel is
right? After readig I did find myself leaning
toward the Justice-oriented, I feel like it is
our job to teach citizenship to the students,
but let them decide for themselves what is
the right way without influencing.

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