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This chapter looks at decolonising the construct of civic education knowledge set by the Nepalese social studies curriculum for teacher-led inculcation to the acquisition of young peoples’ learning.
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Young people in this research project and testimonies given in this chapter were aged between eight and twenty-one years old.
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The research presented in this chapter was funded through an Arts Humanities Research Council Global Research Challenges Fund Changing the Story project entitled: ‘Examining Interpretations of Civic National Values Made by Young People in Post Conflict Settings’.
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Bhandari, N.R., Moncrieffe, M.L. (2022). Decolonising Curriculum Knowledge Using Arts-Based Approaches for Teaching and Learning Civic Education with Young People in Nepal. In: Moncrieffe, M.L. (eds) Decolonising Curriculum Knowledge. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13623-8_3
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