Price £16.99
210 pages
228mm x 145mm
ISBN-10: 1 85856 339 9
ISBN-13: 978 185856 339 8
March 2005

How should we educate citizens in multicultural societies? This question is receiving increasing attention in countries across the world. In this volume authors from England, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the United States report on recent research in this field and consider the implications for teachers, teacher educators and student teachers. Case studies illustrate how young citizens can learn to apply the principles of human rights and equality in resolving complex and controversial issues.

The contributors include Hilary Claire, Colm O'Cuanachain, Carole Hahn, Anne Hudson, Ulrike Neins and Jackie Reilly, Jill Rutter, Chris Wilkins.

Audrey Osler is Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for Citizenship Studies in Education, University of Leeds.

'most academics fail to communicate effectively with practitioners and policy makers... Audrey Osler is an honourable exception. Her argument <Actinic:Variable Name = 'is'/> that practising citizenship in our schools is essential to our collective well being and peaceful survival in 'just' societies in an ever-shrinking and independent world.' - Tim Brighouse in the Times Educational Supplement

'Audrey Osler again brings her wide experience and perceptive analysis to these two productively entangled fields of education. This volume will definitely appeal to a wide audience including policy makers who should read it, theoreticians who will read it and practitioners who I hope can make time to read it.' - International Journal of Citizenship and Teacher Education

'This volume will definitely appeal to a wide audience including policy makers who should read it, theoreticians who will read it and practitioners who I hope can make time to read it.' - International Journal of Citizenship and Teacher Education