Citizenship education: does it have a place in the curriculum?
- Autor
- Carol Mutch
- Autor Corporativo
- NZCER Press
- Colección
- 22p
- Idioma del recurso
- inglés
- Año de publicación
- 2005
- Palabra Clave
- CitizenshipCurriculumEnvironmental education
- Tema
- Civiles / Ciudadanía / DemocraciaDerechos humanosGlobalización y justicia social / Comprensión internacionalDesarrollo sostenible / Sostenibilidad
- Tipo de Recurso
- Research papers / journal articles
- Región
- Asia y el Pacífico
- Lugar de publicación
- 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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