Various views on the attributes of a good citizen are discussed to report the outcomes of a research project on African teachers' perceptions on what factors contribute to being a good citizen. It is revealed that a good citizen in a constitutional democracy is someone who possesses communitarian characteristics, public characteristics and…

This book examines literacy for sustainable development in the age of information. It begins by discussing the relationship between literacy and hegemony, social policy, national language policy, colonial relations, and postcolonial realities. Also discussed in the introduction are views and definitions of literacy and considerations in mapping a…