‘It’s very difficult to enable choice’: Citizenship education for welfare professionals in challenging times

Gifford, Chris and McGlynn, Catherine (2013) ‘It’s very difficult to enable choice’: Citizenship education for welfare professionals in challenging times. Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 8 (3). pp. 295-308. ISSN 1751-1917

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Abstract

This article examines how the themes employed in citizenship teaching and learning are relevant to understanding the education of welfare professionals in English universities. The academic literature on citizenship education has predominantly focused upon the school curriculum and, consequently, the experiences of children and young people. Nevertheless, the boundaries of citizenship education are contested and the research presented here concerns its applicability to vocational programmes in Higher Education outside of teacher training. We argue that although citizenship education has become more explicit within secondary school classrooms, educators involved in the teaching and training of welfare professionals find themselves caught within a number of dynamics that make it difficult for them to engage directly with the potential value, as well as the pitfalls, of extending a programme of formal citizenship education to their students. Taking a phenomenongraphic approach, we explore how these educators understand citizenship and negotiate the idea of citizenship education within the university context and the wider community within which their students are being trained to practice. In so doing, the limitations and possibilities of extending citizenship teaching and learning to new constituencies are highlighted.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Schools:	School of Human and Health Sciences School of Human and Health Sciences > Academy for British and Irish Studies School of Human and Health Sciences > The Institute for Health Citizenship
Related URLs:	Author Author
Depositing User:	Cherry Edmunds
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2013 15:33
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2014 16:11
URI:	http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/18243

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