190 pages
228mm X 145mm
ISBN-10: 1 85856 222 8
ISBN-13: 978 1 85856 222 3
October 2000

This book provides a framework for Citizenship Education in the context of cultural diversity. Underpinning Citizenship Education has to be an understanding and practice of human rights. The contributors show how human rights principles are used by schools to challenge structual inequality, discrimination and exclusion and to support young people in developing confident identities in contexts of diversity. Case studies illustrate how students can realise their rights and responsabilities as citizens.

Leading researchers and expert teachers worked over two years in seminars funded byhte ESRC and in debate with Bernard Crick, to produce this authoritative and coherent work.

Part One: The Citizenship Agenda has chapters by Maitland Stobart, Sarah Spencer, Eugeen Verhellen, Hugh Starky and Audrey Osler.
Part Two: Race, Identity and Human Rights has contributions by Peter Figueroa, Robin Richardson, Michael Byram and Manuela Guilherme.
Part Three: Practising Democracy provides case studies by Maud Blair, Lynn Davies, Priscilla Anderson, Clive Harber, Mary John, Charlotte Carter, Sean Carolan, Jeremy Cunninghamand Ian Gittens.

Citizenship and Democracy in Schools is the core text for continuing professional development courses in Citizenship Education at MA and MEd level and will also be required reading on initial teacher training. The book is essentially designed for the UK but international and comparative approaches are provided by several contributors.

Dr Audrey Osler is Professor of Education at the University of Leicester and Director of the Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education.