Citizenship through secondary geography /

Citizenship through secondary geography / edited by David Lambert and Paul Machon. - London : Routledge / Falmer, 2001. - xix, 216 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Citizenship education in secondary schools series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Setting the scene for geography and citizenship education -- Part 1 Contexts: Citizenship education: permeation or pervasion? Some historical pointers - Citizenship and democracy education: geography's place, an international perspective - Values and values education in the geography curriculum in relation to concepts of citizenship - Finding its place: contextualising citizenship within the geography curriculum -- Part 2 Curriculum issues: The seduction of community: to which space do I belong? - 'Where shall I draw the line , Miss?' The geography of exclusion - A very British subject: question of identity - Citizenship denied: the case of the Holocaust - Towards ecological citizenship - Global citizenship: choices and change - Citizenship in geography classroom: question of pedagogy -- Part 3 Conclusion: Conclusion: citizen in a risky world

Citizenship through secondary geography reveals the potential of geography to engage with citizenship. It provides: theoritical signposts in the form of short, digestible explanations for key ideas such as racism, values, identity, community and social exclusion, a number of inset activities 'for further thinking', a critique of the discipline and the pitfalls to avoid in teaching citizenship through geography, practical teaching suggestions.

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