The Essential Moral Dimensions of Citizenship Education: What Should We Teach?

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  • Linda Farr Darling

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https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v36i3.52701

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This paper presents an argument for reconceptualizing citizenship education as a kind of moral education. Before this can happen, we need to turn attention away from the current debates between cosmopolitans and nationalists about the appropriate sphere for political allegiance. These distract us from more important concerns about the content of citizenship education. The debate between cosmopolitans and nationalists is briefly described in order to clarify the questions and illustrate several issues relevant to educators. This discussion is followed by an argument for teaching future citizens about moral disagreement and conflict as a way to prepare them to participate effectively and responsibly in political discourse.

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2018-05-17

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