Civic Education Primer
Source: USAID | Year: 2022
Many democracies around the world have become more reflective on ways to build civic education inside and outside of the classroom as a means of ensuring a stable and democratic future. Governance and democratic participation are increasingly augmented and affected by the existence of digital technologies. Online forums, news, and social media offer the potential for access to a wide variety of information sources and democratize participation and information creation. Digital technologies also affect, in positive and contested ways, possibilities for democratic participation, privacy, campaigning and voting, and other aspects of civic and political life. Finally, political actors across the spectrum from democracies to authoritarians may exploit digital technologies as weapons in the fight for power, both domestically and internationally, in ways that may damage democratic institutions.
As digital technologies change the practice of civics, they will also change what needs to be taught in civic education. Civic education curricula that include the experience of mediated citizenship will also explore the impact of technology on the processes of governance, from polling and voting mechanisms to campaigning and political advertising.
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