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Rodrigo Velásquez-Burgos; Belén Hernando-Lloréns – Curriculum Inquiry, 2024
In this article, we analyze the problematization of immigration in citizenship education in Chile. Drawing on Foucault's genealogy of problematizations, we explore the conditions under which curricular discourses about immigration shifted from a historical phenomenon that emphasized "the civilization process" during the 19th century to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigration, Citizenship Education, Educational History
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Jofré, María Isabel Toledo; Stein, Renato Gazmuri – Education as Change, 2019
Teaching "controversial issues" has a high pedagogical potential for students to understand the characteristics of social conflicts and to become critical citizens. Twenty Chilean secondary education Social Studies teachers were invited to participate in a group interview and workshop to establish their conceptions of controversial…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Lesson Plans, Secondary School Teachers
Cox, Cristián; Bascopé, Martín; Castillo, Juan Carlos; Miranda, Daniel; Bonhomme, Macarena – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2015
What are the key contents related to democratic life in the curricula of civic and citizenship education in Latin American countries? What values and dimensions are most emphasized? This document summarizes the results of a comparative analysis of civic/citizenship curricula for primary and secondary education in six Latin American countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Curriculum, Comparative Analysis
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Cavieres-Fernández, Eduardo – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2017
The present article focuses on the counter stories of two Chilean social studies high school teachers. Counter stories describe how teachers use their professional experience to confront those mega narratives composed of dominant educational policies that impinge upon their pedagogical practices. The mega narrative described in this study as a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Social Studies, High Schools, Educational Policy
Torney-Purta, Judith; Schwille, John; Amadeo, Jo-Ann – 1999
This ERIC Digest reports on the origins, purposes, and methods of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Civic Education Study. In 1993, the General Assembly of the IEA decided to carry out a two phase study of civic education. The goal of the two phase study was to identify and examine in a comparative…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Civics, Democracy
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Sanchez, Ana Isabel; Wray, Alberto – Update on Law-Related Education, 1994
Describes cultural attributes of Latin America and Latin American youth and how law-related education can be used effectively in Latin American cultures. Provides a definition of justice and asserts that Latin America is an area where there are generalized situations of injustice. Includes brief overviews of six Andean nations. (CFR)
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Civil Liberties, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits