The Complications and Possibilities of Citizenship Education: confirming identity and meaning to enhance emotional and spiritual resilience in a post-September 11th world

Citizenship education in schools is now part of government policy to bring about a fuller understanding of the rights and obligations of citizenship. However, as this article explores, ideas of identity within the concept of citizenship are complicated and contested. Notwithstanding such complexity,...

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Main Author: Johnson, Helen (Author)
Contributors: Holness, Marilyn
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2003
In: International journal of children's spirituality
Year: 2003, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 215-226
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Summary:Citizenship education in schools is now part of government policy to bring about a fuller understanding of the rights and obligations of citizenship. However, as this article explores, ideas of identity within the concept of citizenship are complicated and contested. Notwithstanding such complexity, citizenship education has within it deeper and wider possibilities: to promote mental health and emotional strength through a stronger sense of the Self within children.
ISSN:1469-8455
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of children's spirituality
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1364436032000146494