Civic and Citizenship Education in Volatile Times: Preparing Students for Citizenship in the 21st Century (SpringerBriefs in Education)

"The book highlights current issues influencing civic and citizenship education and their theoretical underpinnings. It provides an overview of the key features influencing 'democratic deconsolidation' , suggests ways in which civic and citizenship education needs to be reframed in order to fit this new political environment, and demonstrates how social media will play a significant role in any future for civic and citizenship education. Currently, democratic institutions are under attack, democratic values are threatened, and there is a wide-scale retreat from the liberal consensus that has underpinned liberal democracies internationally. These trends can be seen in events like, Brexit, the election of a right-wing populist President of the United States and, anti-democratic governments in parts of Europe. It is this change in the direction of political ideology that is currently 'deconsolidating democracy' and thus challenging traditional approaches to civic and citizenship education. What is urgently needed is an understanding of these current trends and their implications for thinking in new ways about civic and citizenship education in the 21st century". -- OhioLink Preface 6 Contents 8 1 Framing Civic and Citizenship Education for the Twenty-First Century 10 1.1 Introduction 10 1.2 Protecting Democracy 12 1.3 Theoretical Framings of CCE 13 1.4 Case 1: CCE in Australia: The Evolution of a National Perspective 17 1.5 Case 2: The United States of America: Secularism and the Civic Mission of Schools 20 1.6 Conclusion 23 1.7 Synopsis 23 References 23 2 What Kind of Future in What Kind of World? 26 2.1 CCE—A Tool of the State 26 2.2 Changing Contexts for Changing Times—What Might the Future Hold? 27 2.3 Globalization and Global Citizenship 28 2.3.1 Neoliberalism’s ‘Self-regulating Citizen’ 29 2.3.2 Global Citizenship—Skill or Value? 30 2.4 Populism—A New Voice with an Old Message 31 2.5 Fundamentalisms 32 2.6 Social Media 33 2.7 Synopsis 36 References 36 3 Building on Civic and Citizenship Education’s Achievements 37 3.1 CCE as a Component of the School Curriculum 38 3.2 Varieties of Civic Engagement—Social, Political and Digital 39 3.3 The Future of Democratic Political Systems 42 3.4 Civic Enablers—Supporting Future Civic Engagement 44 3.5 Synopsis 51 References 51 4 Civic and Citizenship Education for the Future 53 4.1 Lessons from Current CCE Programs—International Perspectives 55 4.1.1 The Content of CCE 58 4.1.2 Time Allocation 60 4.1.3 Results of CCE Assessments 61 4.2 What Kind of Citizens Will Be Needed in the Future? 63 4.3 Democracy Under Threat: What Kind of Citizens for the Future? 64 4.4 Framework for CCE in the Future 65 4.5 School Learning Environments Will Be Characterized by 66 4.6 Community Learning Environments Will Be Characterized by 67 4.7 Synopsis 69 References 70 5 Developing a Research Agenda to Support CCE in the Future 72 5.1 The Focus of Current CCE Research and Why It Needs to Change 73 5.2 Suggested Framework for Future CCE Research 75 5.2.1 Theory—Why Citizenship Education 76 5.2.2 Sites—Where Citizenship Education Take Place 79 5.2.3 Social Media—An Urgent Priority for Future CCE Research 80 5.2.4 Civic Learning 83 5.3 Synopsis 85 References 85 Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Framing Civic and Citizenship Education for the Twenty-First Century (Kerry J Kennedy)....Pages 1-16 What Kind of Future in What Kind of World? (Kerry J Kennedy)....Pages 17-27 Building on Civic and Citizenship Education’s Achievements (Kerry J Kennedy)....Pages 29-44 Civic and Citizenship Education for the Future (Kerry J Kennedy)....Pages 45-63 Developing a Research Agenda to Support CCE in the Future (Kerry J Kennedy)....Pages 65-80