Consensus and division in Australian citizenship education

Bibliographic Data

ID4829779
AuthorsStuart Macintyre (The University of Melbourne, corresponding author), Noel Simpson (Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority)
Year2009
Volume13
Issue2
Pages121-134
Publication date2009-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCitizenship Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13621020902731132
OpenAlexW2057160278
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited9

Citizenship education has been pursued in Australia for nearly two decades. Following similar efforts in the United Kingdom, the United States and other countries, a national curriculum was prepared and implemented in the late 1990s, along with the production of educational materials and a program of professional development for teachers. The teaching of citizenship was widely supported but the initiative suffered from the divided jurisdiction over education in Australia. The curriculum was criticised by social educators for its narrow ambit, and caught up in arguments over the teaching of history. More fundamentally, it was subject to heated public debates over the nation's history that were taken up by politicians and worked into new tests of citizenship. This article examines how these circumstances worked on citizenship education in Australia, and suggests how they illuminate Australian understandings of citizenship

Citizenship · Citizenship education · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy

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