1st Edition

Good Citizenship and Educational Provision

By Ian Davies, Ian Gregory, Shirley Riley Copyright 1999
    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    160 Pages
    by Routledge

    Citizenship has been taught in school around the world for many years now, and is due to be introduced to the UK curriculum over the next few years. Teachers, Headteachres, administrators and policy makers have the opportunity to develop citizenship education programs for all their students. This book takes a pragmatic approach to the issue, and answers many of the crucial questions that will be emerging: what definitions of citizenship are to be followed, and how is citizenship taught? What approaches will be taken by teachers and what is the likely shape of best practice for citizenship education? How will the issue impact on schools and teacher training, and how should they rise to the challenge? What are the key factors influencing or threatening the development of good citizens? Based on the analysis of data collected form over 700 teachers the book provides real solutions to questions raised by citizenship education, and makes recommendations for practice in schools and in the training and development of teachers.

    Introduction PART I Good Citizenship and Educational Provision in Context 1 The Recent History of Citizenship Education PART II The Methods and Findings of the Research Project 2 Researching Teachers’ Perceptions of Good Citizenship and Educational Provision 3 What Do Teachers Mean by Good Citizenship? 4 Teacher Perceptions of the Key Influences upon the Development of Good Citizenship 5 What Sort of Work Do Teachers Believe Should Take Place in Schools to Promote Good Citizenship? PART III What Is To Be Done? Ways Forward in the Development of Good Citizenship through Education 6 Action in Schools 7 Action in Programmes of Initial Teacher Education and Continuing Professional Development 8 Conclusions

    Biography

    Ian Davies and Ian Gregory are lecturers in Educational Studies at the University of York. Shirley C. Riley has been a teacher, school administrator and university faculty member in teacher education and programme administration.