Civic and Citizenship Education in Volatile Times : Preparing Students for Citizenship in the 21st Century

The Resource Civic and Citizenship Education in Volatile Times : Preparing Students for Citizenship in the 21st Century
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Civic and Citizenship Education in Volatile Times : Preparing Students for Citizenship in the 21st Century
Title remainder
Preparing Students for Citizenship in the 21st Century
Statement of responsibility
by Kerry J Kennedy
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Language
eng
Summary
The book highlights current issues influencing civic and citizenship education and their theoretical underpinnings. It provides an overview of the key features influencing 'democratic deconsolidation' , suggests ways in which civic and citizenship education needs to be reframed in order to fit this new political environment, and demonstrates how social media will play a significant role in any future for civic and citizenship education. Currently, democratic institutions are under attack, democratic values are threatened, and there is a wide-scale retreat from the liberal consensus that has underpinned liberal democracies internationally. These trends can be seen in events like, Brexit, the election of a right-wing populist President of the United States and, anti-democratic governments in parts of Europe. It is this change in the direction of political ideology that is currently 'deconsolidating democracy' and thus challenging traditional approaches to civic and citizenship education. What is urgently needed is an understanding of these current trends and their implications for thinking in new ways about civic and citizenship education in the 21st century
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Cataloging source
VT2
Dewey number
  • 370.116
  • 370.9
LC call number
LB43
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
SpringerBriefs in Citizenship Education for the 21st Century,
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