Patriotism and Citizenship Education

Patriotism and citizenship education have become controversial topics in many countries at different times and for various reasons. This book sets out a range of perspectives on patriotism, sketches the different contexts within which the controversies evolved, and outlines views of how patriotism should be handled in citizenship education.   Seven authors from the United States, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and England describe the nature of the controversy in their country. They offer their accounts of patriotism and citizenship education as an important current educational and social issue in their society, taking differing perspectives on aspects of the topic of significance in their particular context. One author considers education for world citizenship. All authors base their identification of the issues, their presentation of cogent argument, and their conclusions upon their philosophical understanding of education and schooling.

Notes on Contributors. Foreword ( Michael A. Peters ). Introduction ( Bruce Haynes ). 1 Patriotism, History and the Legitimate Aims of American Education ( Michael S. Merry ). 2 Patriotism and Democratic Citizenship Education in South Africa: On the (im) possibility of reconciliation and nation building ( Yusef Waghid ). 3 A New Patriotism? Neoliberalism, citizenship and tertiary education in New Zealand ( Peter Roberts ). 4 History Teaching for Patriotic Citizenship in Australia ( Bruce Haynes ). 5 The Debate on Patriotic Education in Post–World War II Japan ( Kanako Ide ). 6 Patriotism in British Schools: Principles, practices and press hysteria ( Michael Hand & Joanne Pearce ) 7 Education for World Citizenship: Beyond national allegiance ( Muna Golmohamad ). Index.

Bruce Haynes is a retired teacher educator having worked at Edith Cowan University for 35 years. He is a past–President and Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia, Fellow of the Philosophy of Education Society, Life Member of the History Teachers Association of Western Australia, and in his twentieth year as Editor of the Australian Journal of Teacher Education .