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"Accommodation, after all, is where the

rubber hits the road with regard to diversity. A key

question is: To what degree are citizens willing to

accommodate diversity even when it costs them

something materially or socially?"

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The concern about ignorant, alienated, and agnostic citizens is driving a flurry of activity in citizenship education around the world (p.98)

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"While much of the rhetoric in the citizenship education community attributes this decline to growing cyni- cism among young people, closer examination of the evidence indicates a much more complex situation."

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A shift from citizenship education involving imposing narrow views of national culture on all to a more activist conception. "The main ideology of citizenship education is the importance of citizen action and participation" (Masemann, 1989).

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"One of the most common criteria identified across this wide range of groups is, “A good citizen obeys the law.” I then ask, Was Mahatma Gandhi a good citizen of India? How about Martin Luther King, was he a good citizen of the U.S.? Or Nelson Mandela, a convicted terrorist, is he a good citizen of South Africa? How about Emmeline Pan- khurst, who went to jail twelve times in 1912 for her part in suffragette protests (many of which involved the destruction of property) of British laws against women’s suffrage, was she a good citizen of Britain?" (pg 92)

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"The prevailing ideology of citizenship education found in contemporary Canadian curricula tends towards an activist or participatory conception of citizenship."

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citizenship
is a complicated idea, affected by many factors,
including where a person finds his or her sense of
belonging and the degree to which he or she is engaged
with the civic culture

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citizenship
is a complicated idea, affected by many factors,
including where a person finds his or her sense of
belonging and the degree to which he or she is engaged
with the civic culture

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Young citizens are ostracized from a system that doesn't take their voices seriously - creates an environment that encourages apathy.

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[young citizens] do not know even the
basic information necessary to function as citizens;
alienated—they feel cut off from the political life of their societies 
				
			
		

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[young citizens] do not know even the
basic information necessary to function as citizens;
alienated—they feel cut off from the political life of their societies 
				
			
		

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Exploring with your students what it is to be a good citizen is important, so that they can see their capacity to work for change. (Re: Sears' thoughts on breaking the law and people like Nelson Mandela).

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instruct each group to design a job advertisement for the “Ideal Canadian Citizen.” We talk for a minute about what typical job ads contain, including a description of the ideal candidate’s educational background, personal qualities, skills and experience,

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voter turn-out reached a record low of 61
percent in the federal election of 2000

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voter turn-out reached a record low of 61
percent in the federal election of 2000

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Tolerance - What is it? Should we strive for tolerance, or something more connected to unity within diversity?

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Surprising at how low a priority the understanding of citizenship is to our educational program design, and its application (ie. technical and vocational taking priority over social studies)...

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“A good citizen obeys the law.” I then ask, Was Mahatma Gandhi a good citizen of India? How about Martin Luther King, was he a good citizen of the U.S.? Or Nelson Mandela, a convicted terrorist, is he a good citizen of South Africa?

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“We are here to defend
democracy, not practise it.” (p. 102)

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“We are here to defend
democracy, not practise it.” (p. 102)

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"sometimes injustice is so great, and the
powers that be so resistant to change, violence is the
only recourse." Nelson Mandela (p. 92)

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"sometimes injustice is so great, and the
powers that be so resistant to change, violence is the
only recourse." Nelson Mandela (p. 92)

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Subjective - everyone has a different idea what the meaning of a good citizen is.