What Kind of Citizen?: Educating Our Children for the Common Good

＂What kind of citizen is no ordinary education book. By drawing on accessible and engaging discussions around the goals of schooling, it is imminently readable by a broad public. Neither fluff nor polemic, the theory and practice described in the book are based in solid empirical research and come out of the most influential frameworks for citizenship and democratic education of the last several decades (the ＂Three Kinds of Citizens＂ framework that emerged from collaboration between the author and Dr. Joseph Kahne as well as consultations with thousands of school teachers and civic leaders.) - This framework has been used in 67 countries to help teachers and school reformers think about how to structure educational programs and how schools can strengthen democratic societies. - This book pulls together a decade of research on schools into one place giving the reader a comprehensive look at why schools should be at the forefront of public engagement and how we can make that happen＂--

Joel Westheimer is university research chair in democracy and education at the University of Ottawa and the education columnist for CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning show. He is the editor of Pledging Allegiance: The Politics of Patriotism in America’s Schools.