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Citizenship education: does it have a place in the curriculum?
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
Wellington | 2005 | 22p
Author: 
Carol Mutch
Corporate author: 
NZCER Press
Region: 
Asia and the Pacific

The call for citizenship education as a compulsory part of the curriculum has met with a varied response worldwide. While everyone would espouse the ideals of ensuring our young people grow up to be active and fair-minded citizens, why does citizenship education not figure more prominently in our curriculum?
This article discusses the past, present, and possible future of citizenship education in the New Zealand curriculum.

Resource Type: 
Research papers / journal articles
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Human rights
Globalisation and social justice / International understanding
Sustainable development / sustainability
Keywords: 
citizenship
curriculum
environmental education