Democratic Citizenship Education
This book is premised on education in Zimbabwe, particularly the challenges inherent in developing democratic habits amongst the young learners in search for a wider democratic polity. The micropolitics of schools and the macropolitics are explored, and a view posited that human rights and quality education thrusts may co-exist. A linkage between the schools'' micropolitics and the macropolitics is firmly established. The implications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 12.1 are brought to the foe and the student voice solicited within the educational process as a democratic building measure. The endemic culture of political violence is noted and the question posed as to whether that should be Zimbabwe''s future and heritage.
244 Seiten
Hardcover
Erscheinungsdatum 06.01.2011
ISBN 9783838395180
The author is a former headteacher in Zimbabwe and a recent graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University UK. His research interests and previous publications are on Citizenship and Educational Research. He has previously taught in high schools and colleges in the UK and is currently a part-time research consultant for Aspire Network UK.