Three evils of citizenship education in Turkey: ethno-religious nationalism, statism and neoliberalism

Sen A.

CRITICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION, cilt.63, sa.3, ss.307-322, 2022 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2022
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/17508487.2020.1761849
  • Dergi Adı: CRITICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.307-322
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Citizenship education, social studies education, national identity, nationalism, human rights, cosmopolitan citizenship, neoliberalism, textbooks, diversity, Turkey, HUMAN-RIGHTS, DIVERSITY
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Relying on a theoretical frame developed in reference to an interdisciplinary research field, this article provides a critical analysis of Turkey's citizenship education (CE) curriculum with a view to revealing discourses that inhibit the promotion of cosmopolitan values of human rights, democratic citizenship and diversity. The analysis demonstrates that a complementary set of ethno-religious, statist and neoliberal discourses undermines the cosmopolitan values. The inharmonious patchwork of these two sets of conflicting discourses raises the question of whether CE in Turkey really empowers students to support democracy. This question reveals the significance of developing a CE curriculum underpinned by a consistent set of socio-political values in Turkey and elsewhere.