TY - BOOK AU - Brown, Frank B. TI - Education for responsible citizenship: the report of the National Task Force on Citizenship Education SN - 70460957 AV - H 62 .E38 1977 PY - 1977/// CY - New York PB - McGraw Hill Education KW - CITIZENSHIP N1 - Includes index; 1. recommendations for strengthening civic education -- 2. the total educational environment -- 3. political and social purpose of education -- 4. historical perspective on civic education in united states -- 5. the crisis in civic education -- 6. rationale for a new emphasis on citizenship education -- 7. the implications of Lawrence Kohlberg's research for civic education -- 8. citizenship education through participation -- 9. citizen participation: lessons for citizenship education -- 10. the role and responsibility of television in civic education -- 11. alternative approaches to citizenship education: a search for authenticity -- 12. the crisis of global transformation, interdependence, and the schools N2 - In early 1975, the Danforth and Kettering foundations formed a joint initiative designed to improve the knowledge and education of children and youth in the principles of citizenship and to increase their responsibility for playing a heightened role in the affairs of government and public institutions ER -