Citizenship, Civic Education and Politics: The Education Policy Context for Young Australian Citizens

Autor/inn/en	Haigh, Yvonne; Murcia, Karen; Norris, Lindy
Titel	Citizenship, Civic Education and Politics: The Education Policy Context for Young Australian Citizens
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Policy, 29 (2014) 5, S.598-616 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0268-0939
DOI	10.1080/02680939.2013.865080
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Educational Policy; Context Effect; Interviews; Politics of Education; Community Services; International Educational Exchange; Focus Groups; Questionnaires; Semi Structured Interviews; Qualitative Research; Citizenship Responsibility; Cultural Differences; Social Cognition; Learning Experience; Cross Cultural Studies; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Students; Australia; Tanzania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Educational policy; Gemeindenahe Versorgung; Internationaler Austausch; Fragebogen; Qualitative Forschung; Kultureller Unterschied; Soziale Kognition; Lernerfahrung; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Australien; Tansania
Abstract	Citizenship education in Australia is embedded throughout the school curriculum. Despite a coherent policy context for the inclusion of citizenship and civic education at all levels of schooling, the links between education and civic minded citizens are tenuous. This paper explores these connections by drawing on the views of participants in an international community service program between Western Australia and Tanzania. By situating the interview data in relation to the policy goals, the paper argues that the current policy framework "sanitises" the political nature of modern citizenship. The results from this study demonstrate that students have little understanding of the connections between the civic, the social and the political realms of citizenship. These results suggest that the current policy context does not adequately prepare young people to position themselves in the political realm. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10