civic education
Learning about government
Civic education is instruction in how government works and how citizens participate in it—voting, jury duty, understanding rights and responsibilities.
Schools typically provide civic education through government or social studies classes.
The term also covers broader efforts to prepare people for engaged citizenship: The organization promotes civic education through community workshops.
- votingFormally registering a choice
- activismDirect effort for reform
- democracyRule by the people
- grassroots movementsCitizen-led collective action
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
bill of rights · volunteerism · rule of law · community organizing · equality · public discourse · public square · accountability · pedagogy · citizenship · town hall meetings · fairness · justice · human rights · electoral systems · separation of powers · public service · school board
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- civic lifevoting, public participation, elections, census, town council
- Education CharitiesTeach for America, Khan Academy, scholarship funds, educational grants, tutoring programs
- educational programsextension courses, online courses, e-learning, community classes, language classes
- public affairspolitics, election, campaign, polling, poll
- civic engagementvoting, public participation, participatory democracy, democratic participation, democratic accountability
civic educationvocational training
Job-skill education
job training · technical education · workforce development · STEM education · skills training
civic educationindoctrination
Systematic uncritical belief instillation
propaganda · political indoctrination · state propaganda · brainwashing · thought control