Scot EvansEaton Faculty MasterAssistant ProfessorSchool of Education & Human Development

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#goodcitizenship

What is good citizenship?

What kind of citizens do we need to support an effective democratic

society?

The personally responsible citizen

The participatory citizen

The social justice oriented citizen

(“What Kind of Citizen” - Westheimer & Kahne, 2003)

The personally responsible citizen

SERVICE

The participatory citizen

Engagement

publicallies.org

dreamdefenders.org

The justice oriented citizen

Social justice

"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they

call me a communist."

Bishop Dom Helder Camara

“Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to

overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make

philanthropy necessary.”Martin Luther King, Jr.

It is reflective examination of

thinking and practice and of the conditions under which

a particular form of thinking and practice

could operate

is not criticism; it is not constructive criticism.

Critique

The questioning of assumptions, particularly those that reflect

relationships of power within social and political contexts

Critical thinking

“Service” Day

Ask “Why?”

and for social justice