Citizenship Education

1. Citizenship Education Prepared by: Mataac, Princess Anne B. IV – 6 BEED

2. What is Citizenship? Citizenship refers to the relationship between the individual and the state, and among individuals within a state.

3. What is Citizenship Education? Citizenship educationis the preparation of individuals to participate as active and responsiblecitizens in a democracy.

4. Four Domains of Citizenship Education

5. The civil domain of citizenshiprefers to a way of life where citizens define and pursue commonly held goals related to democratic conceptions of society.

6. It inscribes fundamental community values, the limits of governmental decision making in relation to the individual citizen, and the rights of private interest groups and associations. • (Bogdanor, 1991)

7. The political domain of citizenshipinvolves the right to vote and to political participation.

8. The socio-economic domain of citizenshiprefers to the relationship between individuals in a societal context and to rights of participation in political spaces.

9. The definition of social and economic rights includes the rights to economic well-being, for example, the right to social security, to work, to minimum means of subsistence and to a safe environment. Social citizenship refers to the relations between individuals in a society and demands loyalty and solidarity. Economic citizenship refers to the relation of an individual towards the labour and consumer market and implies the right to work and to a minimum subsistence level.

10. Thecultural or collective domain of citizenshiprefers to the manner in which societies take into account the increasing cultural diversity in societies, diversity due to a greater openness to other cultures, to global migration and to increased mobility.

11. The End…. Thank you ! (to those who listen )