Citizenship education and the challenge of racism, discrimination and disadvantage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6049919 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Basil R Singh (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 299-318 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1356-9775 • E-ISSN: 1469-3631 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13569770120106444 |
| OpenAlex | W2071420259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The idea behind citizenship education is that it will help both to integrate the demands of justice, equality and community and to prevent the increasing apathy towards politics and government, which may damage the health and stability of a modern liberal democracy. The recent British Report on Education for Citizenship and the Teaching of Democracy in Schools (the Crick Report) can be seen as a response to those concerns. This article discusses these concerns and offers an evaluation of the main recommendations of the Crick Report from the perspective of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged groups. If citizenship education as defined by the Crick Report is intimately linked to ideas of entitlement, justice and tolerance of difference, would such an education help students to acquire the necessary knowledge and understanding, skills and dispositions to tackle racism, discrimination and disadvantage? An incisive education must help to remove social, racial and sex barriers that prevent some citizens from enjoying their full citizenship rights. This article offers some critical general conceptual perspectives that aim to help inform teachers thinking about those issues
Citizenship · Democracy · Disadvantage · Disadvantaged · Economic Justice · Entitlement (fair division · Good citizenship · Government (linguistics · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Racism · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Public Administration · Religious Education and Schools
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.05 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |