Citizenship and Immigrant Education

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Abstract

Citizenship education and immigrant education are two areas of adult education that comprise a great variety of programs and services. This article examines historical and contemporary issues related to citizenship and to immigration, and then relates these issues to the provision of adult-education programs. Particular attention is paid to the different orientations and assumptions behind these programs, especially in countries with high immigration rates.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationInternational Encyclopedia of Education, Third Edition
PublisherElsevier
Pages113-119
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9780080448947
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2009

Keywords

  • Citizenship education
  • Civic virtues
  • CONFINTEA
  • Dewey
  • Immigrant education
  • Intercultural education
  • James Banks
  • Jane Addams
  • Multicultural education
  • Myles Horton
  • N. F. S. Grundtvig
  • Paulo Freire

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Social Sciences(all)

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