Civics and Citizenship: Theoretical Models and Experiences in Latin America

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The book is organized around four sections. The first section is an introduction to the problem of defining the scope and foundations of the development of moral personality and social engagement, in particular, the development of civic and ethical attitudes and prosocial behavior. The second section presents a comparative analysis of education policies in Mexico, Chile and Colombia, in particular the way the curricula of civic and citizenship education is designed and implemented. The section also describes and analyzes the way this subject is taught in the classrooms of the primary, secondary and high school levels in the three countries. The third section includes the results of research projects in Civics and Citizenship Education conducted with different theoretical and methodological models of analysis. This last section includes some of the best practices of Civic Education that have been developed in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Culture and Civic Competence (Helen Haste, Angela Bermudez, Mario Carretero)....Pages 3-15 From Informed Social Reflection to Civic Engagement (Janet Kwok, Robert L. Selman)....Pages 17-38 Front Matter ....Pages 39-39 Civic and Ethical Education in Mexico (Silvia Conde-Flores, Benilde García-Cabrero, Alejandro Alba-Meraz)....Pages 41-66 Citizenship Education in Colombia (Ana M. Velásquez, Rosario Jaramillo, José A. Mesa, Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns)....Pages 67-83 Evolution of Citizenship Education in Chile (Cristián Cox, Carolina García)....Pages 85-103 Building Citizenship in the Schools of Chile, Colombia and Mexico (Ernesto treviño, Consuelo Béjares, Cristóbal Villalobos, Eloísa Naranjo)....Pages 105-125 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Affective and Cognitive Processes as Determinants of Civic Participation in Latin American Countries (Benilde García-Cabrero, Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, María Guadalupe Pérez Martínez)....Pages 129-153 The Civic Competence Gaps in Chile, Colombia and Mexico and the Factors that Account for the Civic Knowledge Gap (Silvia Diazgranados Ferráns, Andrés Sandoval-Hernández)....Pages 155-192 Aulas En Paz (Classrooms in Peace) (José Fernando Mejía, Enrique Chaux)....Pages 193-203 Front Matter ....Pages 205-205 Developing Pedagogical and Democratic Citizenship Competencies (Mariali Cárdenas)....Pages 207-239 Good Practices on Civic Engagement in Chile and the Role of Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in School Settings (B. Paula Luengo Kanacri, Gloria Jiménez-Moya)....Pages 241-254