SAGE Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy

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Synopsis

This handbook brings together new work by some of the leading authorities on citizenship education, and is divided into five sections. The first section deals with key ideas about citizenship education including democracy, rights, globalization and equity. Section two contains a wide range of national case studies of citizenship education including African, Asian, Australian, European and North and South American examples. The third section focuses on perspectives about citizenship education with discussions about key areas such as sustainable development, anti-racism, gender. Section four provides insights into different characterisations of citizenship education with illustrations of democratic schools, peace and conflict education, global education, human rights education etc. The final section provides a series of chapters on the pedagogy of citizenship education with discussions about curriculum, teaching, learning and assessment.

Book details

Author:
Carole Hahn, Ian Davies, Professor James Arthur
ISBN:
9781473971578
Related ISBNs:
9781412936200, 9781446206775
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2017-02-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2008
Copyright by:
Carole Hahn, Ian Davies, Professor James Arthur 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Education, Nonfiction