Enslin, P. (2003) Citizenship education in post-apartheid South Africa. Cambridge Journal of Education, 33(1), pp. 73-83. (doi: 10.1080/0305764032000047513)
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Abstract
How is citizenship understood in South Africa, a new democracy with a deeply divided past? This paper describes the approach to citizenship education in recent educational policy, and in curriculum developments. It does so against the background of a conceptualisation of citizenship based on both the participatory vision of the anti-apartheid struggle and on the citizen as presented in the new Constitution. The shifting nature of the divisions that still deeply divide this society is explored, together with tensions between what can be called the official conceptualisation of citizenship and a more popular interpretation of citizenship as access to socio economic rights. This tension poses potential problems in the democratic polity, as well as a challenge for citizenship education.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Enslin, Professor Penny |
| Authors: | Enslin, P. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Social Justice Place and Lifelong Education |
| Journal Name: | Cambridge Journal of Education |
| ISSN: | 0305-764X |
| Published Online: | 01 July 2010 |
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