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Lozano Parra, Saro; Bakker, Cok; van Liere, Lucien – Journal of Social Science Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to understand the debate about what constitutes good education in the Netherlands. The meaning of the concept of democracy in these public debates is divergent and rather diffuse. If teachers, citizens, advisory councils, and the Dutch government agree that democracy ought to be anchored in future education, we first and…
Descriptors: Democracy, Neoliberalism, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Hoggan, Chad; Hoggan-Kloubert, Tetyana; Owen, Renee – Adult Learning, 2023
Democracy is not only a system of government, but also an overarching way of living together. It is through the social structures we live in and the resulting social relations, behaviors, and norms emanating from those structures, that we learn how to live together, democratically or otherwise. Adult education can promote the learning of democracy…
Descriptors: Democracy, Social Structure, Civics, Citizenship Education
Parra, Saro Lozano; Bakker, Cok; van Liere, Lucien – Curriculum and Teaching, 2020
Citizenship education is an important part of current debates about future education. In contrast, educational philosopher Gert Biesta calls for a shift "from teaching citizenship to learning democracy". This study wants to contribute to this shift. A Delphi-method is applied on a Dutch case study, presenting a way to collect and analyze…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Tavares, Laura – Social Education, 2018
A recent report from the Democracy Project found that "confidence in our governing institutions has been weakening over many years, and key pillars of our democracy, including the rule of law and freedom of the press, are under strain." In the recently published book "The People vs. Democracy: Why Our Freedom Is in Danger and How to…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries
Parra, Saro Lozano; Bakker, Cok; van Liere, Lucien – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2021
Research shows that teachers and educators struggle to act when conflict appears in the classroom. This article argues that (political) conflict should not be avoided or eradicated. Teachers should enable conflict and attend to their pupils in the process, in order to enable further understanding of each other and their differences, as part of…
Descriptors: Conflict, Political Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Problem Solving
Driessen-Willems, Marion; Severens, Floor; Darlington, Emily; Bartelink, Nina; Kremers, Stef; van Assema, Patricia; Bessems, Kathelijne – Health Education, 2023
Purpose: Adapting the Health Promotion School (HPS) approach to context specifics is acknowledged as being essential for implementation and achieving optimal effectiveness. This study aims to explore implementation variations on seven HPS spectra (such as top-down to bottom-up involvement of stakeholders) on which implementation of the HPS…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Health Promotion, Foreign Countries, Health Education
Bartels, Rob; Onstenk, Jeroen; Veugelers, Wiel – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016
Philosophy for Democracy is a research project that aims to examine whether and how Philosophy with Children contributes to the development of democratic skills and attitudes. In the Netherlands, as in almost all Western countries, Philosophy with Children is linked with the movement for citizenship education. This article reports the research on…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries, Philosophy
van Waarden, Betto – Democracy & Education, 2017
This article determines which education enables the perpetuation of diverse ways of life and the liberal democracy that accommodates this diversity. Liberals like John Rawls, Stephen Macedo, and William Galston have disagreed about the scope of civic education. Based on an analysis of toleration--the primary means for maintaining a pluralist…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Cultural Pluralism, School Role, Skill Development
Nieuwelink, Hessel; Dekker, Paul; ten Dam, Geert – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2019
Studies show that adolescents who follow a higher educational track have more positive experiences than those of lower levels with aspects of democracy, such as decision-making or discussions. This study focuses on how adolescents from different educational tracks evaluate the various possibilities to experience democracy in daily life, and…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), School Role, Adolescents, Democracy
Hahn, Carole L. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
This study explores how globalization, migration, and citizenship education intersect in four northwest European democracies. In this study of secondary schools serving students from immigrant backgrounds in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom (England and Scotland), I interviewed teachers and students and observed…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Immigration
Mennes, Hester I.; van de Werfhorst, Herman G.; Dijkstra, Anne Bert; Munniksma, Anke – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
In preparing generations for the future, schools fulfill a qualification and a civic task: providing youngsters knowledge and skills for the labor market, and equipping them to navigate democracy and society. Little research has considered how schools combine these tasks, particularly in relation to schools' student composition in terms of…
Descriptors: Civics, Outcomes of Education, Democratic Values, Student Characteristics
Vaessen, Annabel; Daas, Remmert; Nieuwelink, Hessel – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2022
The views young people have towards democratic values shape their views in later life. However, the values that are fundamental to democracy, such as majority rule and minority rights, are often competing. This study aims to provide insight into the ways adolescents view democratic issues in which democratic values are competing. To do so, three…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Vocational Education, Adolescents, Democratic Values
de Groot, Isolde; Veugelers, Wiel – Education and Society, 2015
In the last decade, educational researchers have identified various key components of a thick type of democratic citizenship education. This article presents our conception of thick democracy and explains how this conception resulted from an explorative inquiry into existing conceptions of thick democracy in educational research. With this thick…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Research, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Houwen, Annemiek; van Boxtel, Carla; Holthuis, Paul – History Education Research Journal, 2020
In history education, the deconstruction of narratives is an important skill for students. The skill teaches them to look critically at the offered texts. In this study, we investigated the extent to which students are able to critically analyse the narratives in their history textbooks. To answer this question, we asked 106 students in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, Historical Interpretation, History Instruction
Veugelers, Wiel – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2021
The concepts of citizenship and citizenship education can have different meanings. We analyse changes in concepts, policy and practice of citizenship and citizenship education. In our theoretical and empirical research we conceptualised three different types of national citizenship: adapted, individualised, and critical-democratic. Our research…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Social Justice, Power Structure