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This guide includes print, electronic and web resources relevant to Teacher Education.
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Citizenship Education            Print Page
  
 

Associations

  • Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT)  
    "ACT is the professional subject association for those involved in citizenship education. This website offers resources and information to help you deliver excellent citizenship education."
 
 

Finding citizenship education books using the Library Online Catalogue

The University of Ottawa Library Online Catalog is used to find titles availabe at the Faculty of Education Resource Centre (FERC)

  • Use the title and author search when you wish to locate a specific title.
  • The bibliographic record of the book will contain the information you need to locate it on the shelves
  • The keyword search screen will allow you to create more complexe searches combining fields such as keyword and subject to find results relevant to your topic.
  • Useful subjects for citizenship education related material include: citizenship - study and teaching, multicultural education, civics - study and teaching, democracy - study and teaching; critical pedagogy; 
  • You can limit your results to materials found at the Faculty of Education Resource Centre.

Here is a sample of resources available at FERC.

For additional help, consult the help guide for the catalogue.

 

Selected Websites

  • Be the Change  
    Be the Change was created by the Ontario School Library Association, and presents a wealth of resources and lesson ideas related to citizenship education.
  • Teachers TV : Citizenship  
  • CIVNET  
    "A worldwide online civic education community of civic educators, scholars, policymakers, civic-minded journalists, NGOs, and other individuals promoting civic education all over the world."

  • Teaching for Change  
    "Teaching for Change provides teachers and parents with the tools to transform schools into centers of justice where students learn to read, write and change the world."
  • Teaching Tolerance  
    "Web-exclusive offerings include downloadable curricula, other classroom activities and materials for youth and parents/guardians."
 
 

Suggested Readings

The books featured in this section pertain to different aspects of citizenship education and are available from our collections.

  • Global Citizenship for Young Children - Margaret Collins
    From publisher:
    "Citizenship education equips children with the skills necessary to play an active part in society and act as socially and morally responsible citizens. Margaret Collins has used her considerable experience to create another fantastic age appropriate practical resource for children aged 4-9 that widens the concept of citizenship so that it incorporates global issues."
 
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