The Palgrave International Handbook Of Education For Citizenship And Social Justice
by Andrew Peterson /
2016 / English / PDF
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This state-of-the-art, comprehensive Handbook is the first of its
kind to fully explore the interconnections between social justice
and education for citizenship on an international
scale.
This state-of-the-art, comprehensive Handbook is the first of its
kind to fully explore the interconnections between social justice
and education for citizenship on an international
scale.
Various educational policies and practices are predicated on
notions of social justice, yet each of these are explicitly or
implicitly shaped by, and in turn themselves shape, particular
notions of citizenship/education for
citizenship. Showcasing current research and theories from
a diverse range of perspectives and including chapters
from internationally renowned scholars, this Handbook
seeks to examine the philosophical, psychological, social,
political, and cultural backgrounds, factors and contexts that
are constitutive of contemporary research on education for
citizenship and social justice and aims to analyse the
transformative role of education regarding social justice
issues. Split into two sections, the first contains chapters
that
Various educational policies and practices are predicated on
notions of social justice, yet each of these are explicitly or
implicitly shaped by, and in turn themselves shape, particular
notions of citizenship/education for
citizenship. Showcasing current research and theories from
a diverse range of perspectives and including chapters
from internationally renowned scholars, this Handbook
seeks to examine the philosophical, psychological, social,
political, and cultural backgrounds, factors and contexts that
are constitutive of contemporary research on education for
citizenship and social justice and aims to analyse the
transformative role of education regarding social justice
issues. Split into two sections, the first contains chapters
thatexplore central issues relating to social justice and their
interconnections to education for citizenship whilst the second
contains chapters that explore issues of education for citizenship
and social justice within the contexts of particular nations from
around the world.
explore central issues relating to social justice and their
interconnections to education for citizenship whilst the second
contains chapters that explore issues of education for citizenship
and social justice within the contexts of particular nations from
around the world.
Global in its perspective and definitive in content, this
one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference resource for a
wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields
of Education, Sociology, Social Policy, Citizenship Studies and
Political Science.
Global in its perspective and definitive in content, this
one-stop volume will be an indispensable reference resource for a
wide range of academics, students and researchers in the fields
of Education, Sociology, Social Policy, Citizenship Studies and
Political Science.
