Citizenship, Education and Governance in a Global Context

Autor/in	Naidoo, Kumi
Titel	Citizenship, Education and Governance in a Global Context
Quelle	In: Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, (2005), S.11-25 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0790-8040
Schlagwörter	Educational Development; Citizenship; Democracy; Adult Education; Internet; Citizenship Education; Citizen Participation; Adults; Educational Resources; Governance; Global Approach + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsentwicklung; Staatsbürgerschaft; Demokratie; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Citizenship; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; Bildungsmittel; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Globales Denken
Abstract	Two decades ago an adult who was innumerate and illiterate was considered to be at a great disadvantage in terms of navigating the challenges of individual personal growth and in terms of being able to participate actively in public life. However, today adults who are computer illiterate are considered to be at a similar disadvantage. The sad reality of civic education and education more broadly is that today, while a minority of the world's citizens speed off on the information superhighway, the majority, especially in developing countries, remain in potholes of disadvantage and exclusion from public deliberation and active democratic participation. Compounding matters further is the reality that in a world of constrained resources for education, adult education, long the distant cousin of the broader educational family, remains badly under-funded in most societies around the world. Sadly, many policy makers in developing and developed countries alike use a crude cost-benefit analysis to justify investment in children's education at the expense of adult education. This educational deficit has serious consequences for educational development generally and for the attainment of participatory democracy in particular. This challenge is all the more acute given the deepening democratic deficit that now reigns supreme in many countries around the world. In this article, the author explores citizenship, education and governance in a global context. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10