Active Citizenship Education for a Better Tomorrow

History, Challenges and Perspectives across Europe
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-8188-0005-5
Verlag: Waxmann Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

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

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Politische Bildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Bildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik

Über Autor(innen)

Holz, Oliver
Oliver Holz, Prof. Dr. phil., M.A. (1970); MA in educational sciences and psychology; PhD in educational sciences; coordinator and organiser of European network(s); research with the emphasis on comparative educational science; employed at the KU Leuven, various publications on relevant educational Subjects.

D'Herdt, Katrijn
D’HERDT, Katrijn is project officer for ITTS at KU Leuven. Apart from that, she is internationalisation coordinator and policy officer for education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy. She has a Master degree in Languages and Literature: German – Swedish, an advanced Master in Journalism and a teaching degree. She has a background in Language teaching (secondary and adult education) and was a lecturer and program coordinator in teacher education at Odisee University of Applied Sciences. Katrijn D’Herdt is co-author of ‘Taalweb’ (course book Dutch for secondary education) and is engaged in several higher education networks. Her work focuses on international and intercultural learning in higher education.