Introduction: on the need to strengthen the political consciousness in schools / Esther Yogev -- Critical education and the twofold concept of ideology / Amnon Yuval -- Talking about revolution : developing political consciousness through constructivist teaching of literature / Taly Goldshmid -- Political sensitivity and social responsibility in psychological training / Nissim Avissar -- Bearing witness and responsibility in education / Hanoch Ben-Pazi -- Transformative education and sustainability : pathways and possibilities / David Dunetz -- The missing political link in progressive education : George S. Counts and a call for a democratic-political pedagogy / Nir Michaeli -- The ethical value of aesthetic education / Shai Frogel -- Epilogue: reviving political education / Eyal Naveh
Summary
This collection of chapters deals with a troubling issue: the absence of education towards political-social thinking in schools. Politics is the public domain that organizes the life of the people through the exercise of power and the fulfillment of the interests of different individuals in society, within a reality of limited resources. Modern politics has an institutional dimension that is related to government and is concerned with the electoral process, representation, legislation, implementation and judgment. The civic dimension, deals with the connection between rights and responsibiliti
