Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global PerspectivesWiley, 2004 - 485 strani The increasing ethnic, racial, cultural, religious, and language diversity in nations throughout the world is forcing educators and policymakers to rethink existing notions of citizenship and nationality. To experience cultural democracy and freedom, a nation must be unified around a set of democratic values such as justice and equality that balance unity and diversity and protect the rights of diverse groups. Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives brings together in one comprehensive volume a group of international experts on the topic of diversity and citizenship education. These experts discuss and identify the shared issues and possibilities that exist when educating for national unity and cultural diversity. Diversity and Citizenship Education: Global Perspectives presents compelling case studies and examples of successful programs and practices from twelve nations, discusses problems that arise when societies are highly stratified along race, cultural, and class lines, and describes guidelines and benchmarks that practicing educators can use to structure citizenship education programs that balance unity and diversity. The book covers a broad range of issues and includes vital information on such topics as
The conference on which the book is based was supported by grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Spencer Foundation. |
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... suggests that a lot depends on the nature of the diversity and the democ- ratic response . The challenge of combining religious toleration with an education for civic equality is greater , for example , the less willing ortho- dox ...
... suggests that the rich and power- ful will care for the poor and weak . The other position suggests that the rich and powerful cannot be trusted to deal fairly and equitably with the poor and weak because it is not in their self ...
... suggests that he is doing citizen work - specifically , community organiz- ing . Moses ' work suggests that those on the margins must use two pow- erful rubrics for making real social and civic change . The first is some minimum level ...
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Democratic Citizenship Education | 3 |
Migration Citizenship and Education | 17 |
Educational Availability | 49 |
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