A Study On Vicissitudes Of Citizenship Education In America

Civil society construction need to citizen consciousness education further research, many ethnic social formation and development need through of ethnic identity of solutions to conflict, the building of a harmonious ethnic relations. Both become the of a global issue. The United States is democracy development degree higher country, its people have relatively strong citizen consciousness, the civil consciousness education has led the world, in the process of development has accumulated rich experience. In addition, the United States constitute the most complex groups, ethnic group relationship to society, and the stability of the country, and have important influence on the orderly. This paper discusses the ethnic identity and citizen consciousness education of change, understanding the different historical period, different or the same historical factors affect how the United States is between ethnic identity and citizen consciousness education, how to deal with good citizen education of consciousness and the identity of ethnic group relationship, these countries to formulate the corresponding policy, the maintenance of national stability and unity and to promote the harmonious development of the society has the important practical significance.The whole paper is divided into five parts. Part of the problem put forward by introduction, the research present situation, the research significance, the research of the idea, the research methods and the definition of the etc.The first part is discussed from the American LianBangHua period (after the founding of the civil war to end) of citizenship education. Points out that in order to develop the free polity needs a national identity republic citizens, this period the United States citizenship education of the basic idea for "American", and analysis of the American government to Indian ethnic assimilation policy.The second part of the paper the nationalization period (from the civil war to the first world war) of citizenship education. This period with the development of industry, the acceleration of urbanization, the United States citizenship education of the basic idea is to develop social efficacy of citizens. The rise of new immigration tide, melting pot of immigration policy become the main policy. And the westward movement made the American black population and Indian ethnic group and the contradiction between the mainstream population to a point.The third part of the paper is to world war ii I American citizen consciousness education. This period face laissez-faire brought about by the various problems, modern liberalism established in the United States. And the citizen consciousness education of the basic idea is to develop a cooperation responsibility citizens. This period while black standing in the community has been improved, but racial discrimination is still the mainstream of the main tone of the group.The fourth part of the paper to the second world war in the1970s the United States citizenship education. This period because of the cold war between the Soviet union and the United States, citizen consciousness education is being used as a boycott of communism and weapons was marked deep national socialist brand. At this time, minorities for their own political, economic and other benefits, launched a wave after wave of democratic movement.The fifth part of the paper is the1980s American citizenship education. This period of globalization speeding up, the civil consciousness education the basic idea of cultivating responsible for the active participation of citizens of the world. But along with ethnic minority population in the proportion of the total population increasing, the American society on more and more diversified, accordingly, multicultural education into the history of the United States of stage.