L.A. Staeheli
Educating the New National Citizen: Education, Political Subjectivity, and Divided Societies
Staeheli, L.A.; Hammett, D.
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D. Hammett
Abstract
This paper explores the ways in which citizenship education is used in an effort to create particular kinds of citizens as part of a larger effort at nation- and polity-building. This paper addresses the purpose of citizenship education and its role in creating political subjectivities for citizens. We argue that policies and programmes often attempt to heal social divisions by fostering a common linkage between citizens and nation, but in ways that may be ineffective, and in some cases, deeply problematic. This argument is developed through a consideration of the ways in which different agents involved in citizenship education use their own experiences to develop and interpret citizenship education programmes. Through this, both the meaning and the teaching of citizenship may be reworked. This conceptual argument is supplemented through a consideration of citizenship education programmes in South Africa.
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Staeheli, L., & Hammett, D. (2010). Educating the New National Citizen: Education, Political Subjectivity, and Divided Societies. Citizenship Studies, 14(6), 667-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2010.522353
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Jan 1, 2010 |
Deposit Date | Feb 3, 2012 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 10, 2014 |
Journal | Citizenship Studies |
Print ISSN | 1362-1025 |
Electronic ISSN | 1469-3593 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 14 |
Issue | 6 |
Pages | 667-680 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2010.522353 |
Keywords | Citizenship education, Divided societies, South Africa, Nation-building, Political subjectivity. |
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This is an electronic version of an article published in Staeheli, L.A. and Hammett, D. (2010) 'Educating the new national citizen : education, political subjectivity, and divided societies.', Citizenship studies., 14 (6). pp. 667-680. Citizenship studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1362-1025&volume=14&issue=6&spage=667
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