Teaching Citizenship in the 21st Century

This book offers a comprehensive and nuanced approach to citizenshipeducation. It analyzes the interactions between cultural differences,national objectives, global and local (glocal) imperatives, and theirimpacts on citizenship teaching and learning, and also evaluates the impacts of gender, sustainability, democracy and human rights, media education, and design thinking on citizenship education. It emphasizes the importance of harmonious coexistence, multilevel engagement, practical experiences, and the interconnectedness of democratic citizenship and human rights education.This book serves as a resource for educators to design lessons, develop teaching materials, and engage students in meaningful discussions about citizenship education and its various dimensions. It also serves as a catalyst for reflection on the need for policy making as well as curricula changes.

Dr. Despina Karakatsani is a Professor of Pedagogy at the University of the Peloponnese, Greece. She obtained a PhD in Sciences of Education from the University of Paris 8-Saint Denis in France in 1998, after which she taught at the University of Crete, Greece (1998-2004), and at the University of Democritus, Greece (1998-1999). Since 2004, she has been teaching at the Faculty of Social and Education Policy in the University of the Peloponnese, and since 2006, at the Open University of Athens, Greece. She was a research follow at the Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom, in 2010-2011. Her research interests include history of citizenship education, child welfare, pedagogical ideas and alternative educational methods. She has published several articles in Greek and international journals, and has also participated in several European projects in cooperation with Dare (Democracy and Human Rights Education), CiCe (Children's Identity and Citizenship in Europe), and Nece (Networking European citizenship Education). She is the co-author of the book 'Strengthening Young Bodies, Building the Nation: A Social History of Child Health and Welfare in Greece (1890-1940)', which was published in 2019.
Dr. Vassiliki Pliogou is an Associate Professor at the Department of Early Childhood Education, in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Western Macedonia (UoWM), Greece, on the subject of Pedagogy and Applications in Education. She is the Director of the Laboratory of the Pedagogical Studies and Innovative Educational Practices. She is also the ERASMUS Departmental Coordinator, the Departmental Placement Coordinator and the Deputy President of the Scientific Supervisory Board of the Pilot and Experimental Schools (EPS) in Kastoria. She is a member of the Ethics Committee and the Research Ethics Committee of the UoWM. She is the Departmental Representative in the Children’s Identity & Citizenship European Association (CiCEA) and the Departmental Representative in the European Network Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe (DARE). She is a member of the Centre for Teaching and Learning Support of the UoWM and the Committee of the Studies for the Pedagogical and Didactic Competence, too. She is the Deputy President of the Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee of the UoWM. Her publications in collective volumes, Greek and International Journals and proceedings, focus on human rights education, childhood and children’s rights, citizenship, family-school connection, gender and educational implementations using different pedagogical tools in various formal and non-formal educational environments.

Introduction. Teaching Citizenship: local, national and global challenges.- 1. Sustainable development and global knowledge in citizenship education.- 2. Teaching about diversity and democratic values at school.- 3. Media literacy, fake news and citizenship teaching.- 4. Human Rights and Peace Education.- 5. Gender, equality and citizenship education.- Conclusion.