Gender justice and the English citizenship curriculum: a consideration of post-September 11 national imperatives and issues of 'Britishness' Keddie, Amanda 2008, Gender justice and the English citizenship curriculum: a consideration of post-September 11 national imperatives and issues of 'Britishness', International journal of educational reform, vol. 17, no. 1, Winter, pp. 3-18. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Gender justice and the English citizenship curriculum: a consideration of post-September 11 national imperatives and issues of 'Britishness' Author(s) Keddie, Amanda orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-0615 Journal name International journal of educational reform Volume number 17 Issue number 1 Season Winter Start page 3 End page 18 Total pages 16 Publisher Rowman & Littlefield Place of publication Lanham, Md. Publication date 2008 ISSN 1056-7879 Summary Although much contention has surrounded the introduction of the English citizenship curriculum, its political agenda clearly reflects a transformative approach to issues of justice and equity. In light of this agenda, this article supports feminist work in further problematizing the curriculum's silence around relations of gender and citizenship. It extends this work by exploring the implications of such silence within the context of the contemporary post-September 11 climate, where discourses around security and militarism have amplified social/gender inequities worldwide while further reducing the spaces available for active social and political engagement toward the "common good." In the U.K. context, these trends are considered in light of the recent high-profile political debate around the issue of Britishness. Here, concern is expressed about how superficial engagement with this debate may be mobilized in exclusionary ways that do little to militate against the masculinist framings of the citizenship curriculum. Conversely, critical engagement in debates around British national identity are also presented as being potentially generative in terms of their capacity to strengthen the discourse of ideal citizenship in the United Kingdom in ways that foster a more critical and gender-just approach to citizenship education. Language eng Field of Research 130302 Comparative and Cross-Cultural Education 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership 130308 Gender, Sexuality and Education 130307 Ethnic Education (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Maori and Pacific Peoples) 1303 Specialist Studies In Education Socio Economic Objective 939904 Gender Aspects of Education HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Rowman & Littlefield Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30086316 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 27 Sep 2016, 10:50:55 EST Wed, 28 Sep 2016, 05:00:31 EST Wed, 28 Sep 2016, 10:34:47 EST Sat, 07 Jan 2017, 05:03:10 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 09:28:57 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 09:29:54 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 09:30:54 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 302 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 27 Sep 2016, 10:50:55 EST

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