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Geography Education and Citizenship Education in Portugal

Author(s) -

Maria Helena Esteves

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

sage open

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 32

ISSN - 2158-2440

DOI - 10.1177/2158244012471956

Subject(s) - citizenship , portuguese , materiality (auditing) , appropriation , citizenship education , human geography , globalization , sociology , space (punctuation) , comparative education , multiculturalism , social science , multicultural education , geography , pedagogy , political science , higher education , epistemology , aesthetics , politics , linguistics , law , philosophy

The contribution of geography education to citizenship education isrecognized by geography educators. Still, globalization created new territories and new“borders” not always easy to cross—but they all exist and coexist giving new meanings tothe idea of space appropriation. Geographical space has gained all these dimensions andcan no longer be viewed in terms of its materiality. This article addresses the conceptof citizenship education for Portuguese geography teachers within the multiculturalnature of Portuguese society and schools. A final reference is given to the importanceof cities as places of citizenship education

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