Sen, A;
(2020)
Three evils of citizenship education in Turkey: ethno-religious nationalism, statism and neoliberalism.
Critical Studies in Education
10.1080/17508487.2020.1761849.
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Abstract
Relying on a theoretical frame developed in reference to an interdisciplinary research field, this article provides a critical analysis of Turkey’s citizenship education (CE) curriculum with a view to revealing discourses that inhibit the promotion of cosmopolitan values of human rights, democratic citizenship and diversity. The analysis demonstrates that a complementary set of ethno-religious, statist and neoliberal discourses undermines the cosmopolitan values. The inharmonious patchwork of these two sets of conflicting discourses raises the question of whether CE in Turkey really empowers students to support democracy. This question reveals the significance of developing a CE curriculum underpinned by a consistent set of socio-political values in Turkey and elsewhere.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Three evils of citizenship education in Turkey: ethno-religious nationalism, statism and neoliberalism |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17508487.2020.1761849 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2020.1761849 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Citizenship education, social studies education, national identity, nationalism, human rights, cosmopolitan citizenship, neoliberalism, textbooks, diversity, Turkey |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10098306 |
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