ABSTRACT

Relying on a theoretical frame developed in reference to an interdisciplinary research field, this article provides a critical analysis of Turkey’s citizenship education (CE) curriculum with a view to revealing discourses that inhibit the promotion of cosmopolitan values of human rights, democratic citizenship and diversity. The analysis demonstrates that a complementary set of ethno-religious, statist and neoliberal discourses undermines the cosmopolitan values. The inharmonious patchwork of these two sets of conflicting discourses raises the question of whether CE in Turkey really empowers students to support democracy. This question reveals the significance of developing a CE curriculum underpinned by a consistent set of socio-political values in Turkey and elsewhere.

摘要

本文依靠参考跨学科研究领域开发的理论框架，对土耳其的公民教育 (CE) 课程进行批判性分析，以揭示阻碍促进人权、民主公民和多样性等世界性价值观的话语。分析表明，一组互补的民族宗教、国家主义和新自由主义话语破坏了世界主义价值观。这两组相互冲突的话语的不和谐拼凑引发了一个问题，即土耳其的 CE 是否真的赋予学生支持民主的权力。这个问题揭示了在土耳其和其他地方开发以一套一致的社会政治价值观为基础的 CE 课程的重要性。