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infactispax-1101	Bendixen, Lisa	Argumentation, Anger, and Action: Citizenship Education In and Out of the Classroom	2010	12	.pdf	application/pdf	4888	242	43	A good or effective citizen would: - be informed with civic knowledge and current socio-political events - feel comfortable with disagreement and conflict in political issues - have a clear and emotionally engaged political identity - recognize sound arguments and not fall prey to fallacious statements - be able to produce sound arguments about socio-political issues - have supporting skills and beliefs to question, debate, and change the social order - have an evaluativist perspective on knowledge and knowing - would find joy and pride in their political system yet could still be critical of it - participate in social and political activism - be skilled in informal reasoning about everyday controversial issues - imagine/desire a better society within the realistic confines of that social structure As has been discussed, more clearly imagining what could be in terms of engaged citizens can facilitate reform in citizenship education. She states that the skills of disagreement are a necessary “communicative capacity” (along with affect which will be discussed in a later section) that political education should cultivate in individual citizens and society.6 2 John Patrick, “Defining, Delivering and Defending a Common Education for Citizenship in a Democracy.”	cache/infactispax-1101.pdf	txt/infactispax-1101.txt