1st Edition

Global Migration and Civic Education Research, Policy, and Practice

Edited By James A. Banks Copyright 2023

    Global migration, the rise of popular nationalism, and the quest by diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious groups for recognition, civic equality, and structural inclusion within their nation-states have complicated the attainment of citizenship in countries around the world. Virulent and pernicious nationalism in some nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Switzerland, and Italy, has made it difficult for migrant, refugee, and other marginalized groups to attain citizenship rights and to fully participate in their nation-states. The enormous increase in the number of migrant and refugees in many nations has also complicated citizenship acquisition for marginalized populations. In this book, scholars working in civic education from selected nations share perspectives, policies, research, and strategies for constructing and implementing civic education programmes that will help students from diverse racial, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious groups attain political efficacy and become structurally integrated and fully participating citizens of their nation-states. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Intercultural Education.

    Introduction

    James A. Banks

    1. Global migration, education, and the nation-state

    Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco

    2. Citizenship education in conflict-affected areas and nation-states: empowering teachers for sustainable reform

    Bassel Akar

    3. Transnational migration and civic education in Mexico: an evolving story

    Bradley A. Levinson, María Eugenia Luna Elizarrarás, and Edmund T. Hamann

    4. (Mis)educating the children of Mexican-origin people in the United States: the challenge of internal language borders

    Guadalupe Valdés

    5. Education, migration and citizenship in Europe: untangling policy initiatives for human rights and racial justice

    Audrey Osler

    6. Rural migrants in China: barriers to education and citizenship

    Tao Wang

    7. Civic education and the education of refugees

    Sarah Dryden-Peterson

    Biography

    James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle, which is now the Banks Center for Educational Justice. Banks is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), a Fellow of AERA, a member of the National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME).