Education for Citizenship - (Continuum Studies in Global Citizenship) by Jo Cairns & Roy Gardner & Denis Lawton (Paperback)

About the Book

There is now broad agreement that citizenship should form an important part of the curriculum. And that, broadly, is where the agreement ends., yet busy practitioners have to teach citizenship effectively now. Education for Citizenship is based on the assumption that theory needs to be related to practice and that there is already a wealth of good practice from which we can learn.

Book Synopsis

There is now a broad agreement that citizenship should form a major part of the curriculum. That, broadly, is where the agreement ends. What pupils should learn, how and why they should learn it and how that learning should be assessed are all contentious issues. These questions and others provide the opportunities for theoretical debate yet, at the same time, busy practitioners have to teach citizenship and teach it effectively now. This helpful book is based on the assumption that theory needs to be related to practice, and also that there is already much good practice from which we can learn. Denis Lawton is Professor of Education and Jo Cairns and Roy Gardner are Senior Lecturers at the Institute of Education, University of London.

About the Author

Denis Lawton is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of London, UK, where he was formerly Director of the Institute of Education. Jo Cairns was formerly Head of Religious Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK, Head of Continuing Personal and Professional Development and Lifelong Learning, Westminster College, Oxford, UK, and Assistant Director at the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, UK. Roy Gardner is Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, London, UK.