ERIC Number: EJ733477
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Nov
Pages: 18
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Compassion, Citizenship and Education in South Africa: An Opportunity for Transformation?
Waghid, Yusef
International Review of Education, v50 n5-6 p525-542 Nov 2004
This study explores how citizenship education in South Africa is guided by liberal and communitarian concepts of citizenship. Its contention is that citizenship education, as it has evolved through policy discourses on "Values, Education and Democracy", is heavily influenced by liberal and communitarian concepts of citizenship. Nonetheless, the liberal-communitarian concept of citizenship education is not sufficient on its own to bring about educational transformation in institutions. Instead, citizenship education initiatives in South Africa need to promote a sense of compassion, motivating learners to take seriously the suffering of others. It is argued that such compassion represents a precondition of genuine educational transformation.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Democracy, Citizenship, Altruism, Citizenship Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Values
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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