编辑“︁公民”︁（章节）

== 公民及公民權教育 ==
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'''公民教育'''或'''公民素養'''指國家政府所提供讓人民應發揮公民[[義務]]與[[權利]]的[[教育]]，因此公民教育的概念和實施和[[公民權]]及[[公民身份]]密不可分，和[[民主]]一詞有一樣長久的歷史脈絡<ref name="harrington2012">{{cite encyclopedia|author=Benjamin R. Barber|editor=Austin Harrington|title=civic education|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Social Theory|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=cbdutVzp2LcC&pg=PT174|accessdate=23 December 2012|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-78694-5|pages=174–|archive-date=2015-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150327011717/http://books.google.com/books?id=cbdutVzp2LcC&pg=PT174|dead-url=no}}</ref>
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根據權威[[國際教育成績評估協會]]在其[[國際教育成績評估協會#國際公民及素養調查研究|國際公民及素養調查研究]]的描述，注意到許多國家現在改用[[公民及公民權教育]]來取代定義較狹隘的[[公民教育]]，兩者概念差異見[[公民教育#國際教育組織定義及研究|公民教育條目首節內容]]。<ref name="ICCS2009">
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| last = Schulz | first = Wolfram | coauthors = John Ainley, Julian Fraillon, David Kerr, Bruno Losito | title = ICCS 2009 International Report: Civic knowledge, attitudes and engagement among lower secondary school students in thirty-eight countries. | journal = Civics and Citizenship Assessment | date = 2010-01-01 | page =22 | quote = Many countries now use the term civic and citizenship education rather than the narrower term of civic education, or they have superseded the latter with the broader term of citizenship education. Civic education focuses on knowledge and understanding of formal institutions and processes of civic life (such as voting in elections). Citizenship education focuses on knowledge and understanding and on opportunities for participation and engagement in both civic and civil society.1 It is concerned with the wider range of ways that citizens use to interact with and shape their communities (including schools) and societies ...}}</ref>

===中華民國公民教育===

「公民」也是[[中華民國]][[九年一貫課程]][[國民中學]]、[[高級中等學校]]的一個社會領域[[學科]]之一（[[地理]]、[[歷史]]、'''公民'''），其教授的內容有：家庭、生活、政治、法律、經濟、全球關連。通常社會學類內容於第一冊，政治為第二冊，法律為第三冊，經濟為第四冊。