Question: ‘The real concern about citizenship education is not that schools will indoctrinate pupils but that they will not challenge pupils’ assumptions (i.e. democratic, active citizenship etc.) sufficiently’. Discuss with reference to debates about the desirability of citizenship education in the curriculum of primary and middle schools?
Answer: This essay will argue and support with evidence that greater concern should be shown for the potential of indoctrination in citizenship education through the ideologies, nature and purpose of citizenship education in the national curriculum for primary and middle schools rather than expressing anxiety over the sufficient challenging of pupils assumptions
Citizenship education is highly controversial in both nature and purpose as it aims to produce individuals with the knowledge and skills to participate in democracy. Those involved with Citizenship delivery in schools are therefore faced with the inherent tension of developing skills of participation in the context of a hierarchical and autocratic school system (Clarke 2002).
Furthermore, despite the Crick report (1998) asserting that citizenship education has several positive aspects namely, promoting values and tolerance and th...(short extract)
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- Subject: Education
- Course: Teaching
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 74%
- Words: 1707
- Date submitted: January 08, 2009
- Date written: October, 2005
- References: No
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 16
