ABSTRACT
Education for citizenship must therefore provide the knowledge and understanding necessary for individuals to claim their rights as citizens and to exercise their appropriate duties. These rights and duties are to a large extent enshrined in the law, which represents the common code of conduct binding on all citizens. Traditionally, citizenship per se has not featured prominently in the curriculum of British schools for a number of reasons, not the least being that the law itself is highly complex and has been regarded as hard to teach to all but the most able. The evaluation of the Law in Education Project materials indicated that, despite the inexperience of staff, teachers and pupils of all abilities regarded learning about the law as interesting, worthwhile and useful. Teachers saw its value as empowering pupils to understand and exercise their rights and duties at the same time as providing intellectual rigour.
