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
- 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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