Developing ethical and democratic citizens in a post-colonial context: Citizenship education in Kenya

Educational Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-192

  Wainaina, Paul K ^b   Arnot, Madeleine ^b   Chege, Fatuma ^a  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active citizenship; Kenya; Social ethics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956217574     PISSN: 00131881     EISSN: 14695847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131881.2011.572366     Document Type: Article

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