团结视域下的英国公民教育

Examining the Citizenship Education in the UK from Perspective of Solidarity

多元的社会因为差异性挑战了团结,因而寻求建立团结的社会就成为多元社会的基本追求。按社群主义理解,社会团结源自共享的价值观、忠诚和公民之间的信任。英国自认为是多元的社会,不仅民族多样,而且种族、宗教和文化多样。为了增进英国社会的团结,英国学校公民教育强化英国的基本价值观、国家忠诚或爱国主义、社会信任等因素。这些做法引起诸多批评。从英国公民教育的做法及其受到的批评可以看出,要增进社会团结,需要培养包容性的公民。

It is claimed to build a cohesive community in plural society because of diversity undermining social cohesion. According to communitarianism,the grounds of solidarity include shared values,loyalty and civic trust. Britain is seen as a plural society which made up of a diverse range of ethnicities,cultures nations and religions. So citizenship education are expected to place emphasis on promoting the fundamental British values,national loyalty or patriotism and social trust in schools of the UK,which has caused a number of criticism. It is concluded from examining the approaches of citizenship education and its criticism that a cohesive society depends on a inclusive citizenship.