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Praise for previous editions… 'A comprehensive and illuminating resource on both citizenship and citizenship education.' – David Hicks, Times Educational Supplement What is the role of citizenship? How can it be taught effectively? Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School is an essential resource for students training to teach citizenship in the secondary school as well as teachers of citizenship looking for fresh ideas and guidance. Written by leading experts in the field, the book is underpinned by the latest research and theory and explores a variety of inspirational approaches to teaching and learning in a subject which provides a critical underpinning to the whole school curriculum. This new, third edition has been comprehensively updated and restructured to emphasise the role of citizenship across the curriculum, exploring a wider range of subjects including geography, modern foreign languages, mathematics and science. Key topics include: historical origins and contemporary contexts developing subject knowledge and skills of enquiry effective lesson plans, schemes of work and assessment citizenship beyond the classroom: community-based work and learning outdoors citizenship across the curriculum: English, drama and media; history, geography and religious education; modern foreign languages; mathematics and science; and RE research in citizenship. Including key objectives and chapter summaries, together with carefully developed tasks to support your own professional development, Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School is designed to develop theoretically informed good practice in citizenship education. It is a source of support, guidance and creative ideas for all training citizenship teachers and those teaching the subject as non-specialists, and offers specialists new insight into this crucial subject.

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Author:   Liam Gearon (University of Plymouth, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   3rd edition
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9780415826471

ISBN 10:   0415826470
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   26 November 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1 Citizenship: historical origins and contemporary contexts 1. A history of citizenship in Britain 2. Defining Citizenship Education 3. Citizenship in the National Curriculum Part II Learning to teach citizenship 4 A framework for beginning to teach citizenship 5. Developing subject knowledge in citizenship 6 Developing skills of enquiry 7 Discussion in citizenship 8 Planning lessons and schemes of work in citizenship 9 Assessing citizenship 10 Assessment of Citizenship Part III Citizenship beyond the classroom 11 Politics and pedagogy: citizenship beyond the classroom 12 Citizenship and Active Participation 13 The citizenship curriculum de-schooled Part IV Citizenship across the curriculum 14 Citizenship making links with English 15 Citizenship making links with history 16 Citizenship making links with religious education 17 Citizenship education: religious, ethnic and cultural dimensions 18 Citizenship and geography 19 Citizenship making links with foreign language teaching 20 Citizenship and science 21 Educating for citizenship in school mathematics Part V Researching citizenship: local, national and international contexts 22 Learning for Cosmopolitan citizenship: theoretical debates and young people’s experiences 23 Researching citizenship at national, regional and international levels: frames of reference, findings and debates

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Liam Gearon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education and Senior Research Fellow at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK. He is also Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University, and Conjoint Professor, Newcastle University, Australia.

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