Editors' Note to the Special Issue-Critical Multicultural Citizenship Education: Student Engagement Toward Building an Equitable Society

Authors

  • Pablo Cortes Ramirez Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
  • Cinthia Salinas The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
  • Terrie Epstein Hunter College and Graduate Center, City University of New York

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v18i1.1186

Keywords:

citizenship education, social studies, critical multicultural education, diverse youth, critical pedagogy

Abstract

In this special issue we call attention to the role of "Critical Multicultural Citizenship Education" (CMCE) in schools, societies and global contexts. The fundamental goal of CMCE is to increase not only the students’ awareness of, and participation in, the political aspects of democracy, but also students’ abilities to create and live in an ethnically diverse and just community. CMCE challenges and transforms existing ways in which students engage civically and democratically in local, national, and global contexts. Ten articles in this special issue are grouped by three categories: (1) social studies classrooms and citizenship; (2) community and citizenship; and (3) global contexts and citizenship.

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Published

2016-02-29

How to Cite

Ramirez, P. C., Salinas, C., & Epstein, T. (2016). Editors’ Note to the Special Issue-Critical Multicultural Citizenship Education: Student Engagement Toward Building an Equitable Society. International Journal of Multicultural Education, 18(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.18251/ijme.v18i1.1186

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2016): Special Issue: Critical Multicultural Citizenship Education

Section

Editor's Note