Citizenship and Citizenship Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Zimbabwe Presidential Commission Report

Autor/in	Sigauke, Aaron T.
Titel	Citizenship and Citizenship Education: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Zimbabwe Presidential Commission Report
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 6 (2011) 1, S.69-86 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197910397913
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Citizenship Education; Discourse Analysis; Young Adults; Foreign Countries; Ideology; Teaching Methods; Educational Policy; Reports; Antisocial Behavior; Activism; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Advisory Committees; Presidents; Social Structure; Zimbabwe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Diskursanalyse; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Ausland; Ideologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Abschlussbericht; Berichten; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Beratungsstelle; President; Präsident; Sozialstruktur; Simbabwe
Abstract	Educational discourse, like other fields, is not neutral. Through policy documents it has ideological functions of transmitting dominant cultures and serving certain sectional interest groups. In Zimbabwe 1998 was characterized by radical political discontent as witnessed by a rise in student activism and the formation of the main political opposition party. It is during this same year that a government appointed commission recommended a citizenship education that would "mould" young people so that they "conform" to expectations of the "adult society." This article examines possibilities for other underlying ideological motives in the recommendation for citizenship education in the curriculum. It does so through a critical discourse analysis of a chapter on citizenship education in the commission's report. The article concludes that there are possibilities for other underlying motives in the recommendation for a citizenship education regarded as a cure for the perceived anti-social behaviour among young people. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10