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Rethinking citizenship education : a curriculum for participatory democracy / Tristan McCowan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCowan, Tristan, 1974-
- Series:
- Continuum studies in educational research.
- Continuum studies in educational research
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--Study and teaching.
- Citizenship.
- Civics--Study and teaching.
- Civics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Rethinking Citizenship Education presents a fundamental reassessment of the field. Drawing on empirical research, the book argues that attempting to transmit preconceived notions of citizenship through schools is both unviable and undesirable. The notion of 'curricular transposition' is introduced, a framework for understanding the changes undergone in the passage between the ideals of citizenship, the curricular programmes designed to achieve them, their implementation in practice and the effects on students. The 'leaps' between these different stages make the project of forming students in a
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Current tensions in citizenship education
- pt. 2. Understanding processes
- pt. 3. Responses.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-218).
- ISBN:
- 9786612199677
- 9786612296987
- 9781282199675
- 1282199676
- 9781282296985
- 1282296981
- 9781441134325
- 1441134328
- OCLC:
- 666951991
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