Essays on Political Education

In the 1960s and 1970s there was a remarkable development of interest in political education not only in Britain but also in other countries, namely the USA, Germany and Australia. This volume provides scholars and teachers in this field with a picture of British work in the area of political education.

List of contents

Part 1 Challenge and Hesitation 1.1 The Introducing of Politics in Schools Bernard Crick 1.2 Political Studies in the School: Some Problems Derek Heater 1.3 Political education in Schools: The Official Attitude Derek Heater 1.4 On Bias Bernard Crick 1.5 Politics as a University Discipline and Political Education in Schools Derek Heater 1.6 A Burgeoning of Interest: Political Education in Britain Derek Heater Part 2 Theoretical Frameworks 2.1 Basic Political Concepts and Curriculum Bernard Crick 2.2 Basic Concepts for Political Education Bernard Crick 2.3 Procedural Values in Political Education Bernard Crick Part 3 Some Contexts 3.1 International Studies at School Level: The Findings of Recent British Research Derek Heater 3.2 History Teaching and Political Education Derek Heater 3.3 Chalk-Dust, Punch-Card and the Polity Bernard Crick.

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Bernard Crick

Summary

In the 1960s and 1970s there was a remarkable development of interest in political education not only in Britain but also in other countries, namely the USA, Germany and Australia. This volume provides scholars and teachers in this field with a picture of British work in the area of political education.

Product details

• Authors: Crick, BERNARD CRICK, Bernard Heater Crick, Emeritus Professor of Politics At Birkbeck Crick, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Birkbeck College Bernard (Birkbeck College Crick, Crick Bernard, Derek Heater, Professor Derek (Founder Chairman of the Politics Association and the author of several books on political ideas) Heater, Heater Derek
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2014
• EAN: 9780415753449
• ISBN: 978-0-415-75344-9
• No. of pages: 4
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Education; Routledge Library Editions: Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; EDUCATION / General, REFERENCE / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy