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Citizenship education: does it have a place in the curriculum?

Author
Carol Mutch
Corporate Author
NZCER Press
Collation
22p
Resource Language
English
Year of publication
2005
Keyword
CitizenshipCurriculumEnvironmental education
Topic
Civic / Citizenship / DemocracyHuman rightsGlobalisation and social justice / International understandingSustainable development / Sustainability
Resource Type
Research papers / journal articles
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Place of publication
Wellington

The call for citizenship education as a compulsory part of the curriculum has met with a varied response worldwide. While everyone would espouse the ideals of ensuring our young people grow up to be active and fair-minded citizens, why does citizenship education not figure more prominently in our curriculum?
This article discusses the past, present, and possible future of citizenship education in the New Zealand curriculum.

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