Educational research and the ongoing quest for justice:

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this unique volume, Wiel Veugelers provides a critical overview of research he has undertaken in the field of moral and citizenship education over the past twenty-five years. The watchword is ‘critical’. Veugelers has not simply thrown together a set of previously published works. Rather, he applies a three-part critical lens to each entry, which can be summarized as follows: (1) why he composed the article in the first place, (2) how the article was received in the field, and (3) how the author feels about the article now, especially with respect to its contemporary relevance. This critical perspective helps bring alive the fourteen selected publications, which are divided into six parts whose sequence nicely frames Veugelers’ career research trajectory. In this review, I will touch on each of the six parts and then conclude with several questions his important research program has bequeathed to the field of moral and citizenship education.