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Active Citizenship in Schools »
Authors: John Potter
ISBN-13: 9780749436186, ISBN-10: 0749436182
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: John Potter
Book Synopsis
Community Service Volunteers is known nationally for its citizenship and community learning schemes, and provides a support and consultancy service for schools, education authorities and government. This book is based on that experience.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction: the big picture | 1 | |
| Pt. I | WHAT - What is education for active citizenship? | 11 |
| 1 | Citizenship - an entitlement for all | 13 |
| 2 | Background to the Order | 18 |
| 3 | Reactions | 24 |
| 4 | Government action | 29 |
| Pt. II | WHY - Why is active citizenship important? | 33 |
| 5 | Why citizenship? | 35 |
| 6 | Apathy, anger and commitment | 39 |
| 7 | Who are we? | 46 |
| 8 | Young people now | 54 |
| 9 | Preventing crime | 61 |
| 10 | A cultural shift | 67 |
| 11 | A question of values | 81 |
| 12 | The challenge to education | 89 |
| Pt. III | HOW - How schools are meeting the challenge | 97 |
| 13 | A whole-school strategy for education for active citizenship | 99 |
| 14 | The six challenges | 120 |
| Pt. IV | Community matters | 277 |
| 15 | Volunteering and a citizenship culture | 279 |
| 16 | Going for partnerships | 288 |
| Endpiece | 305 | |
| App.: resources | 306 | |
| Index | 310 |
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