Nation-Building, Identity and Citizenship Education: Cross Cultural Perspectives (Hardcover, 2009)

Part I: Main Trends and Issues in Identity and Citizenship Education. 1. Nation-Building, Identity and Citizenship in the Global Culture; J. Zajda. 2. Identities and Diversified School Education; M. K. Okuma-Nystrom. 3. Democracy, Identity, and Citizenship Education in South Africa: Defining a Nation in a Post-Colonial and Global Era; P. K. Kubow. 4. Cultural Identity and Civic Education in Eastern Europe: Results from the IEA Civic-Education Project; D. Oesterreich. 5. National Identity, Multiculturalism and Language Policies; S. Majhanovich. 6. Globalisation, Identity and Cultural Dynamics in a Multiethnic State: Multiculturalism in Australia; J. Smolicz, M. Secombe. Part II: Cultural Identity: Case Studies. 7. Jewish-Canadian Identity and Hebrew Language Learning in Montreal and Toronto: Belonging (or Not Belonging) in Diaspora; G. Feuerverger. 8. The Dialectic of Identity, Globalisation and Local Activism: Multicultural Education Policies in Japan; K. H. Okano. 9. Cultural Identity and the Transformation of Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates: Intercultural Dimensions; D. Kirk, D. Napier. 10. Cultural Identities and Good Practises in Intercultural Education in Europe; E. Regnault. 11. Cultural Identity and Implementing a New Language-in-Education Policy in South African Schools; H. B. Holmarsdottir. 12. Schooling and the Formation of Identities in Modern Nepal; S. Carney, U. A. Madsen. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.