England's citizenship education experiment : state, school and student perspectives / Lee Jerome.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jerome, Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching--Great Britain.

Citizenship.

Democracy and education--Great Britain.

Democracy and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London, England : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"How do we prepare young people to understand the complex problems confronting our society and their place as citizens in shaping solutions? Until 1997, the contribution of schools to these challenges was ad hoc and uncoordinated, but with the introduction of citizenship education into the National Curriculum in England a new political project began. Between 2002 and 2012, England has become a leading player in the debate about how to induct young people into democracy. Jerome explores the connections between the values promoted by the government and the forms of citizenship promoted through the National Curriculum and considers: What did the politicians want the policy to achieve? What kinds of citizens were teachers trying to create? What kind of citizens do the young people feel that they have become? To answer these questions this book considers a range of evidence from large scale national and international research projects to single school case studies, conducted with student co-researchers. The study illustrates the complexity of policy making and reveals the gap between curriculum policy and implementation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Introduction

1. Thinking about Citizenship

Part I: Thinking about Citizenship Policy

2. Studying Education Policy

3. Imagining the New Citizen

4. The New Citizen in Education Policy

Part II: Implementing the Vision

5. Citizenship: More and Less than a Subject

6. Teaching Citizenship

7. Learning Citizenship

8. Rights and Responsibilities

9. Community and Diversity

10. Active Citizenship

Part III: Conclusions

11. New Labour, New Citizens?

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350091207

1350091200

9781441181169

1441181164

9781283706193

1283706199

9781441104878

1441104879

OCLC:

817899434