New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship : An International Comparison

by Steiner-Khamsi; Torney-Purta; Schwille

• ISBN13: 9780762308217
• ISBN10: 0762308214
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-08-14
• Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology

Summary

Scholars in international comparative education are calling for a new paradigm - a multilevel qualitative analysis of cross-national data. In response, New Paradigms and Recurring Paradoxes in Education for Citizenship demonstrates the application of a multi-level analysis to qualitative data. Based on an international data base and case studies on civic education in 24 countries that were gathered in the IEA Civic Education Study, prominent scholars in civic education and international comparative education identify, analyze, and discuss three areas: first, the nature and status of civic education within countries, as well as common themes across countries; second, the paradoxes, puzzles, and complexities presented within countries; and third, new paradigms and methodologies for qualitative cross-national analyses. This volume is a major contribution in both the content of research in civic education and the methodology of research in international comparative education. Poli

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
Introduction: Issues and Insights in Cross-National Analysis of Qualitative Studies	1	(36)
Gita Steiner-Khamsi
Judith Torney-Purta
John Schwille
The Emergence of New Citizenship: Looking Into the Self and Beyond the Nation	37	(24)
Wing On Lee
Teachers and Civic Education Instruction in Cross-National Comparison	61	(24)
Heinrich Mintroh
National Identity Conflicts and Civic Education: A Comparison of Five Countries	85	(20)
Zsuzsa Matrai
The Paradoxical Situation of Civic Education in Schools: Ubiquitous and Yet Elusive	105	(32)
John Schwille
Jo-Ann Amadeo
Cultural Appropriation of Social and Political Education	137	(42)
Georgia Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides
Spheres of Citizenship	179	(28)
Gita Steiner-Khamsi
An International Review of Citizenship In the Curriculum: The Iea National Case Studies and the Inca Archive	207	(32)
David Kerr
Cross-National Studies and the Analysis of Comparative Qualitative Research	239	(40)
Gerald LeTendre
Notes on Contributors	279	(2)
Author Index	281	(6)
Subject Index	287