2016/04/02 by Piet van der Ploeg, Laurence Guérin · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Religious Education and Schools #Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy #Global Education and Multiculturalism
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/08913811.2016.1191191
openalex publication_date 2016/04/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
According to many governments and educationalists, education should aim to develop dispositions conducive to political participation and solidarity, because democratic citizenship presupposes participation and solidarity. But there are radically different views on the nature of good citizenship. We examine the implications of this dissensus for citizenship education. Education, we contend, should involve and develop autonomy and open-mindedness. We argue that this requires a more critical approach than is possible when political participation and solidarity are conceived of as goals of education.