Citizenship education in Europe

Citizenship education in Europe shows that all European countries now have introduced central regulations to promote student participation in school governance. Encouraging citizens, particularly young people, to actively engage in social and political life has recently become a growing political priority both at national and European level.

Because education is viewed as a principal means to promote active citizenship, the report aims to capture how policies and measures relating to citizenship education have evolved over recent years in European countries. To this end, the report provides an overview of the state of play on five main topics:
1) Curriculum aims and organisation;
2) student and parent participation in schools;
3) school culture and student participation in society;
4) assessment and evaluation;
5) support for teachers and school heads.

The report provides information on 31 of the Eurydice Network countries (EU Member States, Iceland, Norway, Croatia and Turkey). The reference year is 2010/11.

• Primary Source

EURYDICE: Publications: Key Data on Education in Europe 2012 https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Publications:Key_Data_on_Education_in_Europe_2012

EURYDICE: Citizenship education in Europe: Highlights, May 2012 http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/thematic_reports/139EN_HI.pdf

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release: IP/12/514: Citizenship education now taught in all European countries but specialist training for teachers lacking http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/12/514&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Link to this title through its DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.2797/83012

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