In the Footsteps of the Stoics: Teaching Local and Global Citizenship in Northern Ireland
Keywords:
Northern Ireland; integrated education; shared education; teaching citizenship (local and global)Abstract
Contemporary Northern Ireland is a divided society “in
transition”, in the aftermath of a conflict that lasted thirty years. The
school system is mainly separated, with a minority of “integrated
schools” (63 to date), mixed schools with protestant and catholic pupils -
only seven pupils in one hundred attend this type of schools. In this
context, teachers and educational researchers have developed some
interesting inclusive practices. The article explores the most recent
developments in the Northern Irish education system, highlighting the
new vision of “shared education”, with programmes of meeting and
collaboration among different schools, which is – at least at a political
level – supplanting the view of “integrated education”. It also considers
the programme for “Local and Global Citizenship” (LGC) in compulsory
education, and its potential for the construction of lasting peace and
social change, especially if connected to the teaching of philosophy and
the use of philosophical enquiry in the classroom.
https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.17.3.5
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