Developing Citizens: A Comprehensive Introduction to Effective Citizenship Education in the Secondary School
Authors: Tony Breslin, Barry Dufour et al

ISBN: 0340926821, 384pp, £25.00

This book provides an authoritative collection of key papers including contributions from leading players at the Citizenship Foundation, ACT and ATSS. Arranged in six sections, including dedicated chapters on a range of established subjects and on specific Citizenship related areas and themes it:

	addresses the need to establish Citizenship as a National Curriculum subject, an aspect of school culture and a means of engaging the school with the wider community
	considers the use of a range of curriculum models and assesses the contribution that practitioners from different subject areas can make to the delivery of Citizenship.

Developing Citizens is perfect for use alongside Making Sense of Citizenship (ISBN 0340 926 813).

	Written by the leading educators in the citizenship field – with 28 contributors in all.
	Endorsed by the Citizenship Foundation.
	Endorsed by the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT).
	Extracts from some of the chapters have already been quoted in OFSTED advice and have been used at a key opinion formers seminar at the DfES.

• PART ONE CITIZENSHIP AND SOCIAL EDUCATION: Contexts, Issues and requirements
• PART TWO FOUNDATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP: The Arts and Humanities
• PART THREE FOUNDATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP: The Social And Business Sciences
• PART FOUR FOUNDATIONS FOR CITIZENSHIP: Technology, Science and Mathematics
• PART FIVE OBJECTIVES FOR CITIZENSHIP: Cross-curricular Themes, Dimensions and Skills
• PART SIX STRUCTURES FOR CITIZENSHIP: Meeting the Leadership and Management Challenge
• CONCLUSION PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER: Effective Citizenship education as a reality in the secondary school
  

About the Author:

Tony Breslin is Chief Executive at the Citizenship Foundation, a member of the Council of the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT) and a Vice President and former Chair of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences (ATSS). A qualified OFSTED inspector and former Chief Examiner at GCSE (Social Sciences) and Principal Examiner at A level (Sociology), he has written widely on Social Science teaching, Citizenship Education, the future of schooling and lifelong learning. Tony has taught and held middle and senior management positions at state schools in Hertfordshire and Haringey and was formerly General Adviser 14–19 and Vocational Education in the London Borough of Enfield.

Barry Dufour teaches a wide range of education courses at the University of Leicester School of Education, De Montfort University and Loughborough University. He is one of the UK’s leading authorities on the social curriculum in schools. His main publications include The New Social Studies (1973) with Professor Denis Lawton, New Movements in the Social Sciences and Humanities (1982) and The New Social Curriculum (1990). He also has extensive experience in LEA advisory and inspection work and as an independent consultant to inner city schools. His other specialisms include disruptive behaviour in schools and school management. A founder member of the Association for the Teaching of the Social Sciences (ATSS), he holds several fellowships and vice presidencies with national education organisations and serves on their committees.