The Issues of Citizenship Education

In this assignment I have been given the task of selecting a contemporary educational issue and discussing the contrasting viewpoints on that particular issue. In regards to the task I have chosen to discuss about 'citizenship education' which has been a highly debatable topic in the recent era as well as in the past decades. So, what is citizenship? And what is the relationship between citizenship and education? Addressing the first question in light of …showed first 75 words of 3040 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3040 total…Section (2003) National Curriculum citizenship: planning and implementation 2002/03 [http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=3312] (02/12/2003) Reeher, G. & Cammarano, J. (1997) Education for Citizenship: Ideas And Innovations In Political Learning Ed. Lanham, Oxford: Rowman & Littlefield The Advisory Group on Citizenship (1998) Education for Citizenship and the Teaching of Democracy London: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority The Campaign For Real Education (2003) Critique of Citizenship Education [http://www.cre.org.uk/] (01/12/2003)