ABSTRACT
Maxine Greene argued passionately for an informed and imaginative education. This chapter proposes the goal of citizenship education is to support young people to become and also be active and activist citizens in their world, communities and schools. It examines the notion of cultural citizenship, that Art and Design education has an important and specific contribution to make in this endeavour. The aim of educating citizens affects what subjects are taught, how they are taught, and in what sorts of classrooms. In this sense, education for citizenship is not an isolated subset of the curriculum, but rather is one of the ordering goals or principles which shapes the entire curriculum. Active citizenship pedagogies usually raise questions about who gets to speak and act. Inclusions, exclusions, representation – formal and symbolic – and recognition of particular identities become part of a cognitive, emotional and lived curriculum.
