1st Edition

Teaching Citizenship in the Secondary School

By James Arthur, Daniel Wright Copyright 2002
    164 Pages
    by Routledge

    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    This text supports student teachers, NQTs and practitioners in implementing the Citizenship Order in secondary schools - to be introduced in September 2002. With a practical, clear focus, the authors provide an intellectual challenge; argument and evidence to help the reader come to an informed view on the complex and controversial issues in each chapter; well-focused examples; and strategies for use in the classroom.

    What is citizenship education?; citizenship education and the whole curriculum; reflecting and planning for citizenship; developing a citizenship curriculum; teaching and learning citizenship; teaching controversial issues in citizenship; the community dimension of citizenship; assessing citizenship.

    Biography

    James Arthur (Head of Educational Research and Professor of Education, Canterbury Christ Church University College); Daniel Wright