Turkey’s New Citizenship and Democracy Education Course: Search for Democratic Citizenship in a Difference-Blind Polity?

The paper introduces and critically evaluates the new Citizenship and Democracy Education course in the Turkish curriculum. This course has been introduced as a mandatory subject in grade 8 per one hour a week in the 2011-2012 academic year. Following the comprehensive 2005 curriculum reform, Citize...

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Main Author: Kenan Çayır
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
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Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/2011/2011-4/pdf/cahir-jsse-2-2011.pdf