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CIVIC EDUCATION IN THE INFORMATION ERA
Harry Lewis
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The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically... Intelligence plus character -- that is the goal of true education
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not a trade; character, not technicalities
- Winston Churchill
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A Failed Syllogism An enlightened society requires an
informed citizenry. Technological barriers to universal
knowledge have fallen. Yet the information revolution may create
a less informed citizenry.
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The First Amendment Congress shall make no
law …abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ….
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Hong Kong Basic Law
Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech, of the press and of publication …
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[The people] have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge; I mean, of the character and conduct of their rulers. – John AdamsJanuary 19, 2011
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The more freely information flows, the stronger societies become.
Access to information helps citizens hold their own governments accountable, generates new ideas, encourages creativity and entrepreneurship.
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The more freely information flows, the stronger societies become.
Access to information helps citizens hold their own governments accountable, generates new ideas, encourages creativity and entrepreneurship.
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The Internet has shifted the balance between privacy and free speech
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Supreme Court Supports Disclosure
“When a Washington voter signs a referendum petition …, he is acting as a legislator. … I do not look forward to a society which … exercises the direct democracy of initiative and referendum hidden from public scrutiny and protected from the accountability of criticism.”
“Privacy of association is protected under the First Amendment.”
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Hong Kong Basic Law The freedom and privacy of
communication of Hong Kong residents shall be protected by law.
Hong Kong residents shall have … freedom of association ….
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Wikileaks – US Diplomatic Cables
“China's top leadership had carved up China's economic 'pie,’ creating an ossified system in which 'vested interests' drove decision-making and impeded reform as leaders maneuvered to ensure that those interests were not threatened.”
Li Peng: electric power interests Zhou Yonkang: oil the wife of premier Wen Jiabao: precious gems Jia Qingling: Beijing real estate developments
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“decomposition of body in water”January 19, 2011
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Tanya Rider
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U.S. Fourth Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, …
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US Wiretap Decisions 1928 (Olmstead v. US)
The United States takes no such care of telegraph or telephone messages as of mailed sealed letters. The Amendment does not forbid what was done here. There was no searching. There was no seizure.
1967 (Katz) One who occupies [a telephone booth], shuts
the door behind him, and pays the toll that permits him to place a call is surely entitled to assume that the words he utters into the mouthpiece will not be broadcast to the world.
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Hong Kong Basic Law
The homes and other premises of Hong Kong residents shall be inviolable. Arbitrary or unlawful search of, or intrusion into, a resident's home or other premises shall be prohibited. … The freedom and privacy of communication of Hong Kong residents shall be protected by law.
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Abraham Lincoln [A student] is a person who is going to carry on
what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting and when you are gone, attend to those things which you think are important. You may adopt all the policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him. He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations. All your books are going to be judged, praised or condemned by him. The fate of humanity is in his hands
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Civic Education1. Achieves, and resolves tension between,
two goals:A. Preserves society’s traditionsB. Situates society in space and time
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Civic Education1. Achieves, and resolves tension between,
two goals:A. Preserves society’s traditionsB. Situates society in space and time
2. Is about principles expressed in words
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The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them – Mark Twain
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Civic Education1. Achieves, and resolves tension between,
two goals:A. Preserves society’s traditionsB. Situates society in space and time
2. Is about principles expressed in words3. Is about unity
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There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.H. G. Wells (1937)
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There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.H. G. Wells (1937)
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There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.H. G. Wells (1937)
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There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.H. G. Wells (1937)
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There is no practical obstacle whatever now to the creation of an efficient index to all human knowledge, ideas and achievements, to the creation, that is, of a complete planetary memory for all mankind. And not simply an index; the direct reproduction of the thing itself can be summoned to any properly prepared spot. … This in itself is a fact of tremendous significance. It foreshadows a real intellectual unification of our race. The whole human memory can be, and probably in a short time will be, made accessible to every individual.H. G. Wells (1937)
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Challenges to Civic Education Today
Fight presentism Cultivate deep thought Promote understanding of the alien
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Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
- Thomas Jefferson
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