Education for Citizenship in Algeria: Study of Beliefs and Practices with Special Reference to EFL Curricula and Textbooks

Abstract

and political societies and other social forces (Denis, Cairns, & Gardner, 2000; McDonough &Feinberg, 2003; Demaine, 2004). Education for citizenship involves in addition to schools, parents, civil society and the state with the school playing the most crucial role. This role is becoming increasingly volatile and controversial as life is becoming more and more complex and nations and identities keep reshaping.