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 Petrovic, Aaron Kuntz
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Nov 18, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 262 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1138286672
• | ISBN-13: 9781138286672