In the Footsteps of the Stoics: Teaching Local and Global Citizenship in Northern Ireland

Raffaella Santi

Abstract


Contemporary Northern Ireland is a divided society “in transitionâ€, in the aftermath of a conflict that lasted thirty years. The school system is mainly separated, with a minority of “integrated schools†(63 to date), mixed schools with protestant and catholic pupils - only seven pupils in one hundred attend this type of schools. In this context, teachers and educational researchers have developed some interesting inclusive practices. The article explores the most recent developments in the Northern Irish education system, highlighting the new vision of “shared educationâ€, with programmes of meeting and collaboration among different schools, which is – at least at a political level – supplanting the view of “integrated educationâ€. It also considers the programme for “Local and Global Citizenship†(LGC) in compulsory education, and its potential for the construction of lasting peace and social change, especially if connected to the teaching of philosophy and the use of philosophical enquiry in the classroom.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.17.3.5


Keywords


Northern Ireland; integrated education; shared education; teaching citizenship (local and global).

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