Hammond, Lauren;
Freeman, Denise;
(2024)
Geography, education and citizenship: Engaging with children’s rights in, and to, the city in London.
Geography
, 110
(1)
pp. 16-25.
10.1080/00167487.2025.2437948.
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Abstract
Drawing on a small-scale study in London that investigated children’s rights in, and to, the city, this article considers the relationships between geography education and citizenship. We begin by examining children’s citizenship in cities, before exploring curricula constructions of citizenship in England. The research, which was co- created by a university-based geography educator and a school-based geography educator, involved 11–12 years olds drawing/mapping London and their dream city. Analysis revealed that the young people who participated often had a sense of attachment to London, wishing to make the city more liveable for themselves and the more-than- humans they share it with. However, while some young people expressed that school helped them to have rights in the city, others raised concerns that practices in schools potentially curtailed their citizenship. The article concludes by arguing for further research to examine the relationships between children’s (lived) citizenship and geography education in schools.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Geography, education and citizenship: Engaging with children’s rights in, and to, the city in London |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00167487.2025.2437948 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00167487.2025.2437948 |
| 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: | geography educationchildren’s rightscitizenshipright to the citycitizenship education |
| 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 UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10198413 |
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