Nation-Building, Identity and Citizenship Education

This book examines issues surrounding the nation-building processes, and identity and citizenship education in the global culture, from various perspectives. Globally, there are increasing arguments both for the democratisation of education and for the use of education to promote a democratic societ...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zajda, Joseph. (Editor), Daun, Holger. (Editor), Saha, Lawrence J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
Series:Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research ; 3
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Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9318-0
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Main Trends and Issues in Identity and Citizenship Education. 1. Nation-Building, Identity and Citizenship in the Global Culture. 2. Identities and Diversified School Education. 3. Democracy, Identity, and Citizenship Education in South Africa: Defining a Nation in a Post-Colonial and Global Era. 4. Cultural Identity and Civic Education in Eastern Europe: Results from the IEA Civic-Education Project. 5. National Identity, Multiculturalism and Language Policies. 6. Globalisation, Identity and Cultural Dynamics in a Multiethnic State: Multiculturalism in Australia
  • Part II: Cultural Identity: Case Studies. 7. Jewish-Canadian Identity and Hebrew Language Learning in Montreal and Toronto: Belonging (or Not Belonging) in Diaspora. 8. The Dialectic of Identity, Globalisation and Local Activism: Multicultural Education Policies in Japan. 9. Cultural Identity and the Transformation of Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: Intercultural Dimensions. 10. Cultural Identities and Good Practices in Intercultural Education in Europe. 11. Cultural Identity and Implementing a New Language-in-Education Policy in South African Schools. 12. Schooling and the Formation of Identities in Modern Nepal
  • Index of Names. Index of Subjects.