Problematizing Democratic Citizenship in South African Secondary Schools

Autor/in	Kubow, Patricia K.
Titel	Problematizing Democratic Citizenship in South African Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Education and Society, 37 (2019) 1, S.5-24 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0726-2655
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Foreign Countries; Citizenship Education; Postcolonialism; Secondary School Teachers; Urban Areas; Indigenous Knowledge; Culturally Relevant Education; Equal Education; English; Power Structure; Moral Values; Cultural Influences; Teacher Attitudes; Ethnicity; African Languages; Language of Instruction; Western Civilization; Cultural Background; National Curriculum; South Africa (Cape Town) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Ausland; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Post colonialism; Postkolonialismus; Urban area; Stadtregion; English language; Englisch; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Lehrerverhalten; Ethnizität; Africa; Language; Languages; Afrika; Sprachen; Afrikanische Sprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache
Abstract	This article engages postcolonial debate on citizenship education's power-knowledge nexus by interrogating the concerns of 37 secondary schoolteachers in a Western Cape Xhosa township, the first created during the apartheid era. Unmasking power-knowledge divides in the localisation of global norms, the data reveal state dismissal of indigenous knowledge in curriculum, problems associated with the status accorded English in a multilingual society, and the need for a culturally relevant African curriculum. Examined through 'politics of expression' (recognition, positioning, and equality), the analysis considers alternative theories of power that the African ethic of Ubuntu (humanness) might offer to guide democratic citizenship education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01