Teachers Matter
Subtitle: The Trouble with Leaving Political Education to the Coaches
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: July 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780275969073
Subjects: Educational psychology; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Secondary School Social Sciences; Education; Education / Teaching; Politics/International Relations; USA; Curricula; General; Government - National; Education / Curricula; Secondary; Teaching Methods & Materials - Social Science; Political science; Political socialization; Politics and government; Public Opinion; Study and teaching (Secondary); United States
First sentence: It is not uncommon in the United States to turn on talk radio or read a letter to the editor in a local paper wherein a concerned citizen laments low voter turnout or perceived public apathy by noting that "people in other countries are killing each other for rights we take for granted!"