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Comparing National Identity Discourses in History, Geography and Civic Education Curricula: The Case of France and Ireland
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Sautereau, Adrien; Faas, Daniel – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
National identities have been challenged by European integration, globalisation, migration and regionalisation. More recently, there has been a resurgence of nationhood and national identity which begs the question how education systems, and curricula in particular, are responding to this. This article explores how national identity is reflected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civics, Geography Instruction, History Instruction
Politics, Origins and Futures of the CEFR
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Byram, Michael – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The CEFR was conceived as part of the Council of Europe's project 'Language Learning for European Citizenship'. The social and political context out of which this project grew has often been lost from view. This is perhaps due to the success of the CEFR not only within Europe but also worldwide. That success is largely due to the quality of the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Rating Scales, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
The Council of Europe's Citizenship Conception in "Education for Democratic Citizenship": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Two Textbooks
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Ververi, Olga – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2017
This paper presents a neocommunitarian conception of citizenship identified in two textbooks of the programme "Education for Democratic Citizenship," organised by the Council of Europe. Critical discourse analysis is applied to the key themes of the textbooks "T-Kit 7: Under construction: Citizenship Youth and Europe" and…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Citizenship Education, Citizenship, Moral Values