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Promoting “Active Citizens”? The Critical Vision of NGOs over Citizenship Education as an Educational Priority across Europe

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: In the last decades, Citizenship Education (CE) has been at the forefront of both educational pol by different democratic traditions (Eisenstadt, 2000;Heater, 1999) but, obviously, CE also involves organisations beyond the walls of schools.This paper confronts educational policies with the views of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in 20 European countries.Results suggest that the vision of CE as a priority in educational policy documents is questioned by NGOs that consider schools are too focused on formal democracy and overemphasize respect for rules, values and responsibilities, rather than promoting critical, informed and active citizens.Especially in countries with an authoritarian past, NGOs consider that models of conformism and submission are still dominant, and emphasize the role of CE in promoting a strong civil society.

Source: DergiPark (Istanbul University)

Authors: Ana Bela Ribeiro, Mariana Rodrigues, Andreia Caetano, Sofia Castanheira Pais, Isabel Menezes

Language: English

Topic: Citizenship Education and Democracy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Quality education

Open Access status: green

Funders: Universidade do Porto, Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Awards: EDUCAÇÃO PARA A CIDADANIA, DAS POLÍTICAS ÀS PRÁTICAS: UM ESTUDO COMPARATIVO EM PAÍSES EUROPEUS, Educação para a cidadania participatória em sociedades em transição

OpenAlex ID: W2581619796

FWCI: 6.962

Cites: 34

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10