Full Description
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.
Contents
Prologue: Citizenship and the Purposes of Education John Petrovic and Aaron Kuntz 1. Citizenship Education in England in an Era of Perceived Globalisation: Recent Developments and Future Prospects Ben Kisby 2. Who Belongs in What Hong Kong? Citizenship Education in the Special Administrative Region Liz Jackson 3. Citizenship Education in China under Discourses of Nationalism, Cosmopolitanism, Neoliberalism and Confucianism Juanjuan Zhu and Steven P. Camicia 4. Creating Citizens in a Capitalistic Democracy: A Struggle for the Soul of American Citizenship Education Jessica A. Heybach and Eric C. Sheffield 5. Citizenship Education in Spain in the Twenty-First Century Miquel Martínez and Enric Prats 6. Lost in Citizenship Education: Questions Faced by Amerasians in Japan Kanako Ide 7. Citizenship Education and the Construction of Identity in Canada Dianne Gereluk and David Scott 8. Civic Education in Israel: Between National-Ethnocentricity and Universalism Zehavit Gross 9. On Hospitality, Responsibility and Ubuntu: Some Philosophical Remarks on Teaching and Learning in South Africa Yusef Waghid and Nuraan Davids 10. Citizenship Education in Colombia: Searching for the Political Andrés Mejía D. 11. Citizenship Education in Mexico Maria-Eugenia Luna-Elizarraras 12. Tertiary Education and Critical Citizenship Peter Roberts Epilogue: Reading Citizenship Education in Neoliberal Times Aaron Kuntz and John Petrovic
