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Thus, citizenship education that is not explicitly committed to a vision of democratic citizenship will be shaped by the dominant ideology of our times: neo Ȭ liberalism. After contrasting neoȬliberal and radical democratic perspectives on civics education, we examine Australia’s new civics initiative as an example of how citizenship education becomes embroiled in the broader didactic politics of neo Ȭ liberalism, thus undermining the democratic values of civics education. We conclude with a call for civics education that is politically committed to the values of radical democracy.  \nKey words: democracy, new civics, neoȬliberalism, Discovering Democracy  \nLa nature de l’éducation à la citoyenneté dépend de la vision du monde dans laquelle elle s’insère. L’éducation à la citoyenneté non explicitement vouée à une vision de la citoyenneté démocratique sera donc façonnée par l’idéologie dominante de notre époque : le néolibéralisme. Après avoir comparé les points de vue opposés dunéolibéralisme et de la démocratie radicale sur l’éducation à la citoyenneté, les auteurs présentent une nouvelle initiative australienne qui illustre comment l’éducation à la citoyenneté se trouve prise dans l’engrenage de la vaste politique didactique du néolibéralisme et porte ainsi atteinte aux valeurs démocratiques del’éducation à la citoyenneté . Ils concluent en prônant une éducation à la citoyenneté qui adhère aux valeurs de la démocratie radicale.  \nMots clés : démocratie, nouvelle éducation à la citoyenneté, néolibéralisme, Discovering Democracy  \n_________________  \nCANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 29, 2 (2006): 454Ȭ475  \nIn recent years, programs for the renewal of civics education have generated considerable enthusiasm among educators, the political class, and the general public. In response to concerns that social trends associated with declining civic knowledge and engagement are weakening democratic citizenship and threatening the very possibility of meaningful democratic governance, advocates of citizenship education contend that a revitalized civics curriculum is essential to the revival of democracy. There is widespread agreement that civics education is, at bottom, education for democracy. However, when curricular content and pedagogical issues are broached in any detail, agreement on the nature and substance of civics education ends, and what emerges is a range of competing visions on the precise content and purposes of civics education. In other words, rhetorical agreement on the value of teaching civics only serves to hide deeper political disagreements about the proper nature of civics education (Davies & Evans, 2002) .  \nThe source of this disagreement is as obvious as it is profound. Our visions of civics education are shaped by the way democracy is defined, by our views on the boundaries of politics, our understanding of the social processes and forces that determine the distribution of political power, and our understanding of the meaning, rights, and obligations of democratic citizenship. These deeply theoretical questions are also intensely political in nature. Indeed, we begin this article from the premise that proponents of citizenship education must be more open and honest about the political nature of advocating for civics education. Because a contestable reading of the meaning and content of democratic citizenship underpins every program of civics education, advocates of civics initiatives are obliged to be explicit about the particular understandings of democracy and citizenship to which they are committed. As our examination of the political rhetoric defining Australia’s Discovering Democracy program demonstrates, a civics education curriculum that lacks an explicit and firm political commitment to an unambiguous visi","cbCaienVchoaLTqb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaienVchoaLTqb","pdf",173056,22,"English","# Valuing Civics: Political Commitment and the New Citizenship Education in Australia\n## Neo-liberal vs radical democratic perspectives\n## Australia’s Discovering Democracy initiative\n## The old versus the new civics","[{\"question\":\"What determines the character of civics education according to the article?\",\"answer\":\"The article argues that civics education depends on the worldview in which it is embedded, and if it lacks explicit commitment to democratic citizenship, it will be shaped by the dominant ideology of the time.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article characterize the relationship between Australia’s new civics and neo-liberalism?\",\"answer\":\"It shows that Australia’s new civics program, launched with rhetorical allusions to radical democratic values, became embroiled in a broader neo-liberal politics, tying civics goals to a neo-liberal vision of Australia’s place in a globalizing world.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the key contrast between old and new civics?\",\"answer\":\"Old civics emphasized formal constitutional study of government structures and processes to build civic knowledge and skills, while the discussion frames new civics as oriented toward renewing democratic citizenship through more explicit political value commitments.\"}]","VALUING CIVICS - POLITICAL COMMITMENT AND THE NEW CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA | PDF",1792084717,34]