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Tackling Controversial Issues in the Citizenship Classroom: A Resource for Citizenship Education
Place of publication | Year of publication | Collation: 
[Dublin] | 2012 | 82 p.
ISBN/ISSN: 
ISBN 978-0-946791-39-2
Author: 
Lesley Emerson; Mary Gannon; Conor Harrison; Valerie Lewis; Anne-Marie Poynor
Corporate author: 
CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit; EU
Region: 
Europe and North America
© CDVEC Curriculum Development Unit 2012

The purpose of this resource is to provide teachers with the opportunity to reflect on a number of issues associated with teaching controversial issues in the classroom. It offers a practical approach which allows students to explore controversial issues which arise in citizenship and other areas of the curriculum in a way which is safe for both teacher and students.

 

Resource Type: 
Curriculum, teaching-learning materials and guides
Theme: 
Civic / Citizenship / Democracy
Human rights
Level of education: 
Secondary education