Social Media for Civic Education

Amy L. Chapman is Director of the Collaborative for Spirituality in Education and a Fellow in the Clinical and Counseling Psychology Department at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. Her research interests lie at the intersection of social media, social studies, and social justice, with a particular concern for vulnerable and marginalized students.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Reclaiming Civic Education.- Chapter 2 Is Twitter for the Birds? The Young and The Restless Don’t Think So.- Chapter 3 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: How Social Media Operates in the Civic Sphere.- Chapter 4 The Study: Teachers’ Use of Twitter for Civic Education.- Chapter 5 #CivicEd: Teachers’ Stories of Connection, Civics, and Social Media.- Chapter 6 (Digital) Citizenship: Dissenting from Indifference.- Chapter 7 Nurturing a Capacity That May Well Be Limitless: Supporting Student Worth as a Matter of Civic Urgency.- Chapter 8 With a Little Help from Friends: Teaching About, With, and Through Social Media.- Chapter 9 The Margins Don’t Get Erased by Simply Insisting that the Powers That Be Erase Them: Social Media as a Disrupter.- Chapter 10 Conclusions: My Liberation is Bound Up with Yours.