MACMILLAN The Citizen in Teaching and Education: Student Identity and Citizenship (Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy)

This book examines the importance, and potential, of citizenship education, using extensive qualitative data from England and Sweden. The authors draw on the work of Nira Yuval-Davis and other prominent scholars in the field to frame citizenship as membership of numerous communities, for example disability, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and social class. This intersectional approach enables a rich understanding of the experiences and capabilities of young people, and bridges the gap between the formal meaning and real experiences of citizenship. The book presents case studies from England and Sweden, two contexts that have similar societies and school systems but very different approaches to citizenship education. Using this rich data, the authors illuminate the perspectives of young learners and their teachers to understand how learners can uphold their rights and responsibilities as citizens. This book will be of interest and value to scholars of social justice and citizenship education.  About the Author Ralph Leighton is Senior Lecturer in Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.    Laila Nielsen is Senior Lecturer in History at the School of Education and Communication at Jönköping University, Sweden, where she trains pre-service teachers of history.