The Citizen in Teaching and Education: Student Identity and Citizenship

by Laila Nielsen and Ralph Leighton

This book examines the importance, and potential, of citizenship education, using extensive qualitative data from England and Sweden. The authors draw on the work of Nira Yuval-Davis and other prominent scholars in the field to frame citizenship as membership of numerous communities, for example disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class. This intersectional approach enables a rich understanding of the experiences and capabilities of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030384144
• ISBN13: 9783030384142
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"