Education for Democratic Citizenship
Subtitle: Issues of Theory and Practice
Contributors: Andrew Lockyer (Editor); Bernard R. Crick (Editor); John Annette (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9780754639596
Subjects: Civil rights & citizenship; Higher & further education; Philosophy of education; Political structures: democracy; Secondary schools; Teaching of a specific subject; Study and teaching; Education / Teaching; Citizenship; Education; Great Britain; General; Education for citizenship and; Aims & Objectives; Democracy; Education for citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools
First sentence: In August 2002, as a result of the Citizenship Order, the teaching of 'citizenship' was introduced as a compulsory element of the school curriculum in England.
Description: "This important volume provides a comprehensive study on the concept of democratic citizenship, its conditions and pre-requisites, that has an established place in higher education courses in politics, social policy, sociology, and social philosophy."--Jacket.