The curriculum and citizenship education in the context of inequality: Seeking a praxis of hope

Perspectives in Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Spreen, Carol Anne ^a   Vally, Salim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Citizenship education; Civic praxis; Critical pedagogy; Ethics; Hope; Identity; Inequality; Political mobilisation; Rights; Social justice; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873918277     PISSN: 02582236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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