Holz / D?Herdt / Sampermans Active Citizenship Education for a Better Tomorrow

History, Challenges and Perspectives across Europe
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-8188-5005-0
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag GmbH
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 152 Seiten

This publication offers a reflection on citizenship education in Europe. By bringing together experts from various countries, it illustrates how historical events, national contexts, and European policies shape the way citizenship is taught in schools.
Global events, such as the migration crisis and the increasing, ongoing environmental issues have demanded and continue to demand international responses. These changes and crises influence identities, provoke us to ask what citizenship means in our societies and lead us to question how citizenship education is perceived today. Countries can no longer solely focus on national values; rather they now emphasize international democratic values and encourage citizens to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to become active and critical members of society. Bringing together an overview of citizenship education opportunities and challenges this book provides substantial food for thought and helps us to better understand the international perspective on citizenship education.
Each chapter of the book provides a synthesis of how citizenship education is organized within specific national contexts. Furthermore, the results of a comparative study on citizenship in Flanders (Belgium), Czech Republic, Greece, The Netherlands, Spain and Turkey, is illustrated in this publication.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holz, Oliver

D?Herdt, Katrijn

Sampermans, Dorien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Frontmatter;1
1.1;Cover;1
1.2;Imprint;4
1.3;Contents;5
2;Introduction (Dorien Sampermans, Oliver Holz & Katrijn D'Herdt);7
3;A Comparative Analysis of Active Citizenship among European Pupils and Teachers (Pascale Maas & Ingrid Molderez);11
3.1;Abstract;11
3.2;1 Introduction;11
3.3;2 Methodology;14
3.4;3 Results;16
3.5;4 Conclusion;35
3.6;References;36
3.7;About the authors;36
4;Active Citizenship Education in Europe (Banafsheh Saleminezhad, Oliver Holz & Katrijn D'Herdt);39
4.1;Abstract;39
4.2;1 Introduction;39
4.3;2 Active citizenship in education;41
4.4;3 Conclusion;49
4.5;References;50
4.6;About the authors;52
5;Active Citizenship Education in Flanders. The Situation anno 2024 (Dries Paesen, Oliver Holz & Katrijn D'Herdt);53
5.1;Abstract;53
5.2;1 The educational landscape in Flanders;53
5.3;2 Commencement of active citizenship in Flanders;54
5.4;3 A policy shift towards active citizenship education in Flanders;59
5.5;4 Active citizenship education in practice;64
5.6;5 Conclusion;66
5.7;References;67
5.8;About the authors;69
6;Education for Active European Citizenship in the Czech Republic (Alena J?vová, Michaela Tomášková & Ond?ej Duda);71
6.1;Abstract;71
6.2;Introduction;71
6.3;1 Historical context of the education for citizenship until 1945;72
6.4;2 Education for citizenship in Czechoslovakia after 1945;76
6.5;3 Education for citizenship in the Czech Republic;78
6.6;Conclusion;81
6.7;References;83
6.8;About the authors;84
7;Active Citizenship in Primary and Secondary Education in Spain. Controversies and Challenges (Asunción Aragón, Guadalupe Calvo, Rafael Galán & Rosa Vázquez);87
7.1;Abstract;87
7.2;Introduction;87
7.3;1 The national and regional regulatory framework for citizenship education;88
7.4;2 Controversies over the subject 'Education for Citizenship';90
7.5;3 Best school practices: educational experiences linked to active citizenship;96
7.6;4 Best practices outside the school: the Children's Councils;98
7.7;Conclusion;100
7.8;References;101
7.9;About the authors;103
8;Active Citizenship in Greek Lower Secondary Education Curricula (Vana Chiou);105
8.1;Abstract;105
8.2;1 Introduction;105
8.3;2 Methodology;107
8.4;3 Active citizenship in Greek curricula: findings and discussion;109
8.5;4 Conclusion;120
8.6;References;122
8.7;About the author;123
9;Active Citizenship Education in the Netherlands. Opportunities and Challenges in a Pluralistic and Diverse Society (Rik P. Huizinga);125
9.1;Abstract;125
9.2;1 Active citizenship in diverse and changing societies;125
9.3;2 The educational landscape in the Netherlands;127
9.4;3 Young people and active citizenship: trends and patterns in comparative perspective;128
9.5;4 Active citizenship education in socio-historical context: the rights and responsibilities pendulum;129
9.6;5 AC education in the Netherlands – from policy …;132
9.7;6 AC education in the Netherlands – … to practice;136
9.8;7 Conclusion and discussion;137
9.9;References;138
9.10;About the author;139
10;Active Citizenship in the Turkish Context (Aynur Yürekli & Nesrin Oruç Ertürk);141
10.1;Abstract;141
10.2;1 Introduction;141
10.3;2 The history of active citizenship in Turkey;143
10.4;3 AC in the Turkish educational system;145
10.5;4 Active citizenship and the curriculum;146
10.6;5 Conclusion;149
10.7;References;150
10.8;About the authors;152