Troubling the Canon of Citizenship Education

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George H. Richardson, David W. Blades
Peter Lang Pub., Incorporated, 2006 - Education - 145 pages
The discourse of civic education privileges liberal democratic understandings of citizenship. Yet we know that such understandings do not accurately represent the complex, plural, and problematic nature of citizenship in contemporary society. To stimulate discussion about new possibilities for teaching citizenship, this volume brings together the work of Canadian and American curriculum scholars to «trouble» the existing canon of citizenship education. Addressing themes as diverse as gender, sexual orientation, globalization, agency, ontology, and interdisciplinarity, the essays that make up this collection seek to enlarge and expand upon the ways educators, curriculum developers, and policymakers might approach teaching citizenship.

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David W Blades and George H Richardson
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Hans Smits
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Terrance R Carson
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