In this book, scholars working in civic education from selected nations share perspectives, policies, research and strategies for constructing and implementing civic education programmes that will help students of diverse groups attain political efficacy and become structurally integrated, fully participating citizens of their nation-states.
James A. Banks is the Kerry and Linda Killinger Endowed Chair in Diversity Studies Emeritus at the University of Washington, Seattle, which is now the Banks Center for Educational Justice. Banks is a past president of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS), a Fellow of AERA, a member of the National Academy of Education, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME).
Introduction 1. Global migration, education, and the nation-state 2. Citizenship education in conflict-affected areas and nation-states: empowering teachers for sustainable reform 3. Transnational migration and civic education in Mexico: an evolving story 4. (Mis)educating the children of Mexican-origin people in the United States: the challenge of internal language borders 5. Education, migration and citizenship in Europe: untangling policy initiatives for human rights and racial justice 6. Rural migrants in China: barriers to education and citizenship 7. Civic education and the education of refugees