TY - BOOK AU - Westheimer,Joel TI - What kind of citizen?: educating our children for the common good SN - 9780807756355 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - LC 1091 W529w 2015 U1 - 370.11 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Teachers College Press KW - Citizenship KW - Study and teaching KW - United States KW - Democracy KW - Civics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Based on a 5-year study of an elementary school with socioeconomic diversity, the authors provide an active model of civic engagement organised into three settings: Classroom, School, and Community. Each chapter includes an overview of what research has demonstrated about civic engagement in that particular space, offers detailed descriptions of activities, and closes with lessons for practice ER -