The European Cooperation is Facing New Challenges - Some Impact on Citizenship Education in the Netherlands

The crisis in Europe constitutes a major test for the very pursuit of European integration and for its legitimacy in the eyes of the citizens. In this paper a number of striking economic aspects of the crisis will be discussed next to political tensions concerning sensitive issues. Given the declin...

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Main Author: Henk Oonk
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Bielefeld University 2014-04-01
Series:Journal of Social Science Education
Online Access:http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/712
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spelling doaj-497bec29079241aa97823e7e50d155d02020-11-25T00:22:24ZdeuBielefeld UniversityJournal of Social Science Education1618-52932014-04-0113310.4119/jsse-712The European Cooperation is Facing New Challenges - Some Impact on Citizenship Education in the NetherlandsHenk Oonk0Leibniz University Hannover Institute for Political Science Agora Civic Education The crisis in Europe constitutes a major test for the very pursuit of European integration and for its legitimacy in the eyes of the citizens. In this paper a number of striking economic aspects of the crisis will be discussed next to political tensions concerning sensitive issues. Given the decline in the support for the European integration among the public over the past years it is necessary to improve the quality of citizenship education on European issues and to use a more critical approach. Teaching and learning in a balanced manner is necessary about issues like migration, free movement, populist political parties, enlargement and other themes, besides other regular topics. In contrast to current opinions we argue that to reach not only the higher levels of secondary schools but also the lower levels a too strong social-constructivist approach is not effective. Complicated European issues need a good instruction by the teacher in combination with an attractive didactical approach that builds on a common core European orientation curriculum improving students’ knowledge and skills and thus enhancing opinions and attitudes. http://www.jsse.org/index.php/jsse/article/view/712
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title_short The European Cooperation is Facing New Challenges - Some Impact on Citizenship Education in the Netherlands
title_full The European Cooperation is Facing New Challenges - Some Impact on Citizenship Education in the Netherlands
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publisher Bielefeld University
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publishDate 2014-04-01
description The crisis in Europe constitutes a major test for the very pursuit of European integration and for its legitimacy in the eyes of the citizens. In this paper a number of striking economic aspects of the crisis will be discussed next to political tensions concerning sensitive issues. Given the decline in the support for the European integration among the public over the past years it is necessary to improve the quality of citizenship education on European issues and to use a more critical approach. Teaching and learning in a balanced manner is necessary about issues like migration, free movement, populist political parties, enlargement and other themes, besides other regular topics. In contrast to current opinions we argue that to reach not only the higher levels of secondary schools but also the lower levels a too strong social-constructivist approach is not effective. Complicated European issues need a good instruction by the teacher in combination with an attractive didactical approach that builds on a common core European orientation curriculum improving students’ knowledge and skills and thus enhancing opinions and attitudes.
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