Educating for Citizenship in a Fragile Democracy: Interrogating Civic Agenda in Thai Higher Education

Autor/in	Boontinand, Vachararutai
Titel	Educating for Citizenship in a Fragile Democracy: Interrogating Civic Agenda in Thai Higher Education
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 53 (2023) 3, S.471-487 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2021.1932420
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Public Colleges; Citizenship Education; Democracy; Democratic Values; Civics; Political Socialization; Political Influences; Social Control; Educational Principles; Social Justice; Service Learning; Politics; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Demokratie; Staatsbürgerkunde; Politische Sozialisation; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Soziale Kontrolle; Bildungsprinzip; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Service-Learning; Politik
Abstract	In light of socio-political dynamics at play in contemporary Thailand, higher education (HE) is becoming an important site for citizenship learning. This article interrogates priorities and practices of civic/citizenship education in Thai universities. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with leadership in five public universities across Thailand. Findings suggest that civic/citizenship education serves various goals. Despite the call for HE to respond to societal crisis, the discursive practices of formal civic/citizenship education in Thai universities function not only to maintain the state ideology by producing responsible citizens but also serve to supply adaptable and voluntary-minded employees for the market. Thai universities also appropriates civic/citizenship learning for their own institutional branding. In the context where democracy is undermined, civic/citizenship education is depoliticised. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01