Puni, A.;
Febrer, Y.;
(2023)
Social pedagogy and citizenship education in England: an exploration with case studies involving secondary school students in London.
International Journal of Social Pedagogy
, 12
(1)
, Article 7. 10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2023.v12.x.007.
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Abstract
This article explores the theoretical underpinning of citizenship education as theorised in the Crick Report and social pedagogy as deployed in England through the Social Pedagogy Professional Association Charter and Standards of Proficiency. The aims of citizenship education in England have several parallels to contemporary concepts of social pedagogy. In the original conception of citizenship education, the subject aimed to educate the student holistically, developing well-rounded, informed young people able to participate fully in public life through the use of democratic practices in the classroom. However, over time and due to policy and practice changes in secondary education, there have been marked differences in the original conception of the subject, compared to how it is currently delivered in some schools. Despite these challenges, this article highlights strong examples of contemporary practice in citizenship education teaching in diverse London secondary schools, highlighting how features of social pedagogy are being deployed. We draw on several aspects of social pedagogy including democratic practice, community engagement, diversity and inclusion, and student agency, illustrating the clear links between citizenship education and social pedagogy in England, as well as outlining some of the key differences.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Social pedagogy and citizenship education in England: an exploration with case studies involving secondary school students in London |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2023.v12.x.007 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.ijsp.2023.v12.x.0... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2023, Amit Puni and Yvalia Febrer. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | citizenship education, social pedagogy, secondary education, active citizenship, social pedagogy practice, London secondary schools |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10175250 |
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