Mapping the Moral Geographies of Education

Character, Citizenship and Values
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-138-30082-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 391 g

Reihe: Routledge Spaces of Childhood and Youth Series

This book explores the growth of ‘character education’ in schools and youth organisations over the last decade. It delves into historical and contemporary debates through a geopolitical lens.

With a renewed focus on values and virtues such as grit, gumption, perseverance, resilience, generosity, and neighbourliness, this book charts the re-imagining and re-fashioning of a ‘character agenda’ in England and examines its multiscalar geographies. It explores how these moral geographies of education for children and young people have developed over time. Drawing on original research and examples from schools, military and uniformed youth organisations, and the state-led National Citizen Service, the book critically examines the wider implications of the ‘character agenda’ across the UK and beyond. It does so by raising a series of questions about the interconnections between character, citizenship, and values and highlighting how these moral geographies reach far beyond the classroom or campsite.

Offering critical insights on the roles of character, citizenship and values in modern education, this book will be of immense value to educationists, teachers and policymakers. It will appeal students and scholars of human geography, sociology, education studies, cultural studies and history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mills, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Moral Geographies of Childhood, Youth and Education: Learning to be Citizens of Good Character 3. Character Nation: Geographies and Geopolitics of Education in England 4. Grit and Gumption 5. ‘Be Prepared’, ‘Be Resilient’: British Youth Movements and Civil Society 6. ‘The lessons they don’t teach in class’? National Citizen Service and Social Action 7. Character, Citizenship and Values: From National Debates to Global Geopolitics 8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Sarah Mills is a Reader in Human Geography at Loughborough University, UK. Her research focuses on the geographies of youth citizenship, informal education, and volunteering across contemporary and historical contexts. In 2017, she received the Gill Memorial Award from the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers.