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Wainaina, Paul K.; Arnot, Madeleine; Chege, Fatuma – Educational Research, 2011
Background: Youth citizenship is now on the international agenda with African countries increasingly interrogating their national perspectives on citizenship and citizenship education. In this emergent field of research, African scholars are beginning to challenge the prevailing (Western) theories of citizenship and democracy. Purpose: The aim of…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Political Influences
Scharf, Peter – 1976
The Harvard University Center for Moral Education is conducting research on Kohlberg's assumption that development of moral thinking and of practical understanding of democratic institutions may be most effective in schools where students judge the moral atmosphere to be just. Students perceptions of three types of school are compared: (1)…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Educational Development, Educational Research, Ethics
Schofthaler, Traugott – 1986
Democratization of education refers to a process that allows decision-making based on alternatives, guided by the conviction that equity, equality, solidarity, freedom and justice are the essential universal values of mankind. This study examines these criteria in the context of reform strategies in the areas of educational planning and practice.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Democratic Values, Developing Nations, Educational Change
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Kallaway, Peter – History of Education, 1996
Profiles the contributions of Fred Clarke whose lifelong career in international education focused on the the relationship between politics and education in a democratic context. Specifically addresses Clarke's early work with the development of vocational education in British South Africa, his subsequent disillusionment, and the effect this had…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Educational Development, Educational History
Charters, Alexander N., Comp.; Abbott, George, Comp. – 1992
This publication lists items from the sound and video recording collection in the area of adult and continuing education in Bird Library, Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York). The major categories are sound recordings and video recordings. The items are listed in numerical order by call number. The following information is provided for sound…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, Bibliographies, Citizenship Education