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Democratic citizenship education in the information age: a comparative study of south korea and australia

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Democratic citizenship education in the information age must concern itself with the goal of nurturing future generations with the capacity to make appropriate use of the changes driven by the advances of ICTs so as to activate political and social democracy. Using Australia and South Korea as case studies, this paper discusses the role that citizenship education can and/or should play in producing democratic citizens in the information age. This paper analyses and compares the recent curricula and educational policy developments in citizenship education in Australian and South Korea. More specifically, the paper attempts to identify what implications the advances of ICTs have and what future tasks they impose for the field of democratic citizenship education. Key Words: democratic citizenship education, information age, ICTs, South Korea, Australia, school curriculum, educational policy

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Roh, YR. Democratic citizenship education in the information age: a comparative study of south korea and australia. Asia Pacific Educ. Rev. 5, 167–177 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03024954

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