Citizenship Education Around The World: Local Contexts And Global Possibilities (Routledge Research In International And Comparative Education)

Though certainly not a new idea, citizenship education manifests in unique and often unpredictable ways in our contemporary neoliberal era. The question of what it means to be a productive and recognized citizen must now be understood simultaneously along both global and local lines. This edited volume offers an international perspective on citizenship education enacted in specific socio-political contexts. Each chapter includes a pointed conceptualization of citizenship education--a philosophical framework--that is then applied to specific national cases across Europe, Asia, Canada and more. Chapters emphasize how such frameworks are implemented within local contexts, encouraging particular pedagogical/curricular practices even as they constrain others. Chapters conclude with suggestions for productive change and how educators might usefully engage contemporary contexts through citizenship education.

• | Author: John E. Petrovic|Aaron M. Kuntz
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 09, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 284 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0415721067
• | ISBN-13: 9780415721066