Seven authors describe the controversial nature of patriotism and citizenship education in their country, basing their account and recommendations upon their philosophical understanding of education and schooling. * Offers differing national perspectives on patriotism across the United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and England * Discusses varying accounts of how patriotism and citizenship education should be handled as part of the school curriculum * Provides crucial insights into how schools handle social and political demands on controversial topics
| ISBN | 1444322842 | | Weight (grammes) | 256 | | ISBN13 | 9781444322842
(What's this?) | | Published in | Chicester | | Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd | | Height (mm) | 244 | | Imprint | Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd) | | Width (mm) | 163 | | Format | Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item | | Spine width (mm) | 8 | | Publication date | 18 Mar 2010 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly | | Pages | 136 | |
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Notes on Contributors. Foreword (Michael A. Peters). Introduction (Bruce Haynes). 1 Patriotism, History and the Legitimate Aims of American Education (Michael S. Merry). 2 Patriotism and Democratic Citizenship Education in South Africa: On the (im) possibility of reconciliation and nation building (Yusef Waghid). 3 A New Patriotism? Neoliberalism, citizenship and tertiary education in New Zealand (Peter Roberts). 4 History Teaching for Patriotic Citizenship in Australia (Bruce Haynes). 5 The Debate on Patriotic Education in Post-World War II Japan (Kanako Ide). 6 Patriotism in British Schools: Principles, practices and press hysteria (Michael Hand & Joanne Pearce) 7 Education for World Citizenship: Beyond national allegiance (Muna Golmohamad). Index.
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