Publisher's Synopsis
The notion of citizenship is now firmly established. This book argues that much of the literature in this area presents a restricted understanding of citizenship, reinforcing the idea of students as passive recipients of knowledge. It aims to restore an active interpretation of citizenship for education. The ideas of the "self as agent" and of the "civic virtues" are central to that interpretation and offer a perspective on self-development. The book is a collection of specifically-commissioned papers, which present a critique of existing practice and thinking and a new definition of citizenship.
