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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
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Gearóid O'Brien – Journal of Social Science Education, 2023
Purpose: This study examines whether differences exist in the teaching of Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) across school types: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS), fee-paying and 'other' schools. The study also examines whether such differences are linked to students' cultural capital. Design Methodology: A survey of…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, Teacher Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Teacher Influence
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Carthy, Úna – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Within the parameters of the new Erasmus programme, this Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) combines virtual exchange with physical mobility. There were three institutions involved in this project: Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Ireland, Hochschule Bremerhaven, Germany, and Malaga Healthcare College, Spain. The virtual exchange ran for five…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Foreign Countries, Student Mobility, Computer Mediated Communication
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O'Brien, Gearóid – Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2023
Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE) is a mandatory junior cycle subject in Irish second-level schools. Its concept-based syllabus accords teachers significant freedom in choosing instructional content for the subject. This study used a survey of 223 CSPE teachers to identify: (1) differences in the teaching of the subject based on teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Influence, Gender Differences, Citizenship Education, Secondary School Teachers
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O'Brien, Gearóid – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
This study examines differences based on school gender in the teaching of Civic, Social and Political Education (CSPE), a mandatory subject in the Irish post-primary curriculum. These differences are considered in relation to Westheimer and Kahne's three types of citizens -- personally responsible, participatory and justice-oriented. The article…
Descriptors: Single Sex Schools, Gender Differences, Civics, Citizenship Education
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Gearóid O'Brien – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
Civic, social and political education (CSPE) is a mandatory citizenship education subject taken during the junior cycle in the Irish post-primary curriculum. This article looks at the historical development of the subject from its first incarnation as civics to its recreation as CSPE and then to its recent move into the Wellbeing Programme. The…
Descriptors: History, Civics, Political Science, Social Studies
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Donnelly, Caitlin; McAuley, Clare; Blaylock, Danielle; Hughes, Joanne – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
Citizenship education has been a feature of the school curricula in many western democracies since the 1990s. Consequently, there is a proliferation of research which explores its efficacy in instilling political literacy and encouraging democratic engagement amongst pupils. Less is known however about how citizenship is taught in societies…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Conflict, Citizenship Education
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Ievers, Michael; Cummins, Brian; Ballentine, Mark – Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 2022
Recommendations of the European Parliament and of the Council (2006) defined Transversal Skills as those considered necessary for personal fulfilment, active citizenship, social inclusion, and employment. This study employed empirical qualitative and quantitative methodologies to investigate and understand the perceived impact of COVID-19…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Skill Development, Electronic Learning
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Darmody, Michelle – Educational Action Research, 2022
Food and sustainability are intrinsically linked, yet the majority of food education in the Republic of Ireland focuses solely on health, and this form of education fails to address the complicated nature of the modern food system and its negative impact on biodiversity. Using the capabilities approach as a framework, this article argues that the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Food, Foods Instruction, Sustainability
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Liddy, Mags – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2021
Teaching about global development challenges is a complex and demanding process both for students and teachers. In this article, I examine the potential of postcolonial pedagogies in facilitating the process of learning to unlearn and in developing learners' agency in reading the world. I focus on two teaching encounters to examine the potential…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Research
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Parmigiani, Davide; Jones, Sarah-Louise; Kunnari, Irma; Nicchia, Elisabetta – Cogent Education, 2022
Global competence is an increasingly important disposition for today's society. Prospective teachers will have to be able to teach effectively in multicultural classrooms as well as develop dispositions of global competence in their future students. This pilot study was aimed at investigating what aspects of global competence should be integrated…
Descriptors: Global Education, Citizenship Education, Cultural Awareness, Preservice Teachers
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Cotter, Gertrude; Bonenfant, Yvon; Butler, Jenny; Caulfield, Marian; Prestwich, Barbara Doyle; Griffin, Rosarii; Khabbar, Sanaa; Mishra, Nita; Hally, Ruth; Murphy, Margaret; Murphy, Orla; O'Sullivan, Maeve; Phelan, Martha; Reidy, Darren; Schneider, Julia C.; Isaloo, Amin Sharifi; Turner, Brian; Usher, Ruth; Sinalo, Caroline Williamson – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2022
The Praxis Project, established at University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, in 2018, seeks to assess possible models of best practice with regard to the integration of global citizenship and development education (GCDE) into a cross-disciplinary, cross-campus, interwoven set of subject area pedagogies, policies and practices. This study--the first…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Global Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Fitzgerald, Caitríona – Research in Education, 2021
This research note offers a critical reflection of the process of conducting qualitative research in the Irish primary school setting. The research discussed took place during the school year 2016-2017. It explored primary school children's understandings of citizenship and, the kinds of collective social actions they participated in as citizens…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
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Reichert, Frank; Torney-Purta, Judith; Liang, Weihong – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2020
Interactions within classrooms contribute to adolescents' democratic civic development by providing resources fostering students' political understanding. Many teachers participate in social or political groups in their communities and more broadly. These out-of-school experiences inform their classroom practices and are contextualized by national…
Descriptors: Teacher Participation, Teaching Methods, Citizenship Education, Citizen Participation
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de la Garza, Armida – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2021
Internationalization of the Curriculum (IoC) has proved essential to realize the potential of internationalization as a driver of quality in Higher Education. The broadening of topics, bibliographic materials and other resources that result from it improve the breadth and depth of the content, making it more comprehensive, updated, and relevant.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, STEM Education
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