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Educating the Citizen: The U.S. Constitution in the Classroom

Educating the Citizen: The U.S. Constitution in the Classroom Donald L. wasson et us take a short trip to a local use of rote memorization to teach about the adult education class. Bill, a man Constitution. One of the most prominent is in his late twenties, sits quietly, educator/historian Isidore Starr, whose indictment thinking, "Please, don't call on me!" of rote memorization is as relevant today as it The teacher, Mr. Harper, looks around the room, was when he made it over thirty years ago. In and asks, "Whose turn will it be?" Suddenly, he the article, "Teaching the Bill of Rights," which looks at Bill, and says, "Please recite the Preamble appeared in Social Education (December 1959), to the U.S. Constitution." Bill's hands are clammy he compared education to a vaccination. "Educa­ and his mouth gets dry, but he stands and begins, tion can take the form of a vaccination or inocu­ "We, the people of the United States .. :' The words lation. We vaccinate our students with the Bill of come out clearly, but as he's reciting, an inner Rights-that is, we merely scratch the surface­ when we require only that they repeat the rights voice asks, "What do these words mean?" He thinks, "Mr. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Educating the Citizen: The U.S. Constitution in the Classroom

Wasson, Donald L.
Adult Learning , Volume 2 (6): 2 – Apr 1, 1991
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© 1991 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
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Donald L. wasson et us take a short trip to a local use of rote memorization to teach about the adult education class. Bill, a man Constitution. One of the most prominent is in his late twenties, sits quietly, educator/historian Isidore Starr, whose indictment thinking, "Please, don't call on me!" of rote memorization is as relevant today as it The teacher, Mr. Harper, looks around the room, was when he made it over thirty years ago. In and asks, "Whose turn will it be?" Suddenly, he the article, "Teaching the Bill of Rights," which looks at Bill, and says, "Please recite the Preamble appeared in Social Education (December 1959), to the U.S. Constitution." Bill's hands are clammy he compared education to a vaccination. "Educa­ and his mouth gets dry, but he stands and begins, tion can take the form of a vaccination or inocu­ "We, the people of the United States .. :' The words lation. We vaccinate our students with the Bill of come out clearly, but as he's reciting, an inner Rights-that is, we merely scratch the surface­ when we require only that they repeat the rights voice asks, "What do these words mean?" He thinks, "Mr.

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Published: Apr 1, 1991

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