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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826025603321

Titolo

Education for civic and political participation : a critical approach / / edited by Reinhold Hedtke and Tatjana Zimenkova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-07355-4

0-203-59815-6

1-283-94277-1

1-135-07356-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in education ; ; 92

Classificazione

EDU003000EDU040000EDU043000

Altri autori (Persone)

HedtkeReinhold

ZimenkovaTatjana

Disciplina

370.115

Soggetti

Citizenship - Study and teaching - Europe

Democracy and education - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Taken-for-grantedness and hidden normativity? : foundations and framings of participatory education policies -- pt. II. Ambitious policies, ambiguous practices? : approaches and impacts of participatory education in schools and beyond -- pt. III. Included by education, excluded by politics? : tensions, gaps and contradictions of participatory education -- pt. IV. Shadows of the pasts, privacies in the present? : tracing participatory education back to Soviet and authoritarian systems -- pt. V. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy. Institutionalized approaches for compulsory schools provide participatory access to all young European citizens. But does this picture depict the possibilities and practices of participation appropriately? Can this standard approach to participation be translated into action in view of diverse polities, policies, political cultures, institutions and practices of participation? This book explores what prerequisites must be given for a successful implementation of such a comprehensive international project"--