Identities and Education: Comparative Perspectives in Times of Crisis - Paperback

by Stephen Carney (Editor), Eleftherios Klerides (Editor)

Education is central to the project of individual and collective identity formation, national development and international relations, and is crucial in moments of crisis. What should be the agenda of study and action for education in such times? Identities and Education engages with this crucial question, seeking to examine and problematise our contemporary moment. Through the heuristic of the concept of identity, it specifically aims at creating a space for understanding our current challenges and considering the potential of education to address them. Contributors in this volume explore identity, crisis and education, not only in interdisciplinary, inter-sectional, relational and eclectic ways, but also through comparative lens. The book includes contributions from leading scholars from Austria, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Portugal, the UK, and the USA and covers issues and themes including fear, hope, refugee education and global citizenship education.

Author Biography

Stephen Carney is Professor in International Education Policy at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is President of the Comparative Education Society for Europe (CESE) and co-series editor of New Directions in Comparative and International Education (Bloomsbury).