Cultural competence in education promotes civic engagement among students. Providing students with educational opportunities to understand various cultural and political perspectives allows for higher cultural competence and a greater understanding of civic engagement for those students. The Handbook of Research on Citizenship and Heritage Education is a critical scholarly book that provides relevant and current research on citizenship and heritage education aimed at promoting active participation and the transformation of society. Readers will come to understand the role of heritage as a symbolic identity source that facilitates the understanding of the present and the past, highlighting the value of teaching. Additionally, it offers a source for the design of didactic proposals that promote active participation and the critical conservation of heritage. Featuring a range of topics such as educational policy, curriculum design, and political science, this book is ideal for educators, academicians, administrators, political scientists, policymakers, researchers, and students.

Activism and the role everyday people play in making a change in society are increasingly popular topics in the world right now, especially as younger generations begin to speak out. From traditional protests to activities on college campuses, to the use of social media, more individuals are finding accessible platforms with which to share their views and become more actively involved in politics and social welfare. With the emergence of new technologies and a spotlight on important social issues, people are able to become more involved in society than ever before as they fight for what they believe. It is essential to consider the recent trends, technologies, and movements in order to understand where society is headed in the future. The Research Anthology on Citizen Engagement and Activism for Social Change examines a plethora of innovative research surrounding social change and the various ways citizens are involved in shaping society. Covering topics such as accountability, social media, voter turnout, and leadership, it is an ideal work for activists, sociologists, social workers, politicians, public administrators, sociologists, journalists, policymakers, social media analysts, government administrators, academicians, researchers, practitioners, and students.

Coverage of heritage and archeology in formal education is typically limited. These subjects are typically taught through specific and anecdotal activities that do not respond to a specific methodological foundation. School-museum relationships offer numerous benefits for design participation experiences with long-term perspectives in conducting systematic activities. The collaboration between the museum and school should be considered a maxim for the development of teaching-learning processes of history based on the students’ investigation of their own reality and the immediate context of a lived culture using the archaeological heritage. School-Museum Relationships and Teaching Social Sciences in Formal Education paves the way for collaboration between museums and schools as a rule of conduct for the development of teaching and learning processes for the social sciences. This book focuses, from within the field of formal education, on the spaces in which learning takes place (school and archeological museums) to establish proposals for improvement in the teaching and learning of history, taking heritage education as a point of reference and heritage as a teaching resource. Covering topics such as interactive collaborative models, teaching and learning improvement, and the school-museum educational projects, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for museum educators, directors, educators and administrators of both K-12 and higher education, pre-service teachers, teacher educators, government officials, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

La presente obra incluye capítulos con aportaciones de autores de diferentes especialidades que se dedican a la investigación y docencia en instituciones de educación superior españolas y portuguesas y, como tales, presentan los resultados de su trabajo en ambos ámbitos. Contiene, en total, veinticinco trabajos que abordan el tema del patrimonio cultural material e inmaterial y la educación patrimonial desde los más diversos enfoques y significados. Se trata de un amplio abanico de opciones teóricas y prácticas que reivindican el patrimonio cultural material e inmaterial que subyace a los trabajos presentados y que permiten abarcar un gran espectro de propuestas científicas y pedagógicas. La lectura de estos trabajos posibilita disfrutar de aportaciones innovadoras e imaginativas, no solo considerando las diferentes disciplinas y áreas académicas por sí mismas, sino, sobre todo, por la interacción entre las diversas materias y especialidades, en un ejercicio que creemos especialmente fructífero e inspirador y con implicaciones útiles para la práctica docente en varios niveles educativos. Los textos presentan una prolífica conjunción entre teoría y práctica, encaminada a robustecer las propuestas y proyectos presentados de tal manera que puedan trasladarse a nuevos contextos de práctica educativa y a otras relaciones disciplinares de tenor académico.

Los trabajos que contiene este libro muestran la amplitud de posibilidades y opciones a la hora de abordar la investigación vinculada al patrimonio y a las artes, con una notable presencia de textos que responden a una inquietud educativa y al reto de la mediación. Se trata de una obra que contiene 48 capítulos centrados temáticas de actualidad y experiencias recientes vinculadas a la educación patrimonial, por un lado, y al aprendizaje y la enseñanza de las artes y la creatividad, por otro. En sus páginas, se describen actividades y propuestas que amplían el concepto de patrimonio y lo revisan desde la mirada creadora, con ejemplos como la reinterpretación del paisaje o de la ciudad, entre otros enfoques posibles. Además, se profundiza en estrategias de alfabetización visual, artística y mediática, con investigaciones sobre dibujo, grabado, cine o redes sociales. Se trata de un material de gran utilidad para quien tenga interés en conocer y consultar la amplia gama de posibilidades de desarrollo investigador de la Educación Artística.