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Constructing Europe and the European Union via Education: Contrasts and Congruence within and between Germany and England
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Brown, Eleanor; Reed, Beatrice Szczepek; Ross, Alistair; Davies, Ian; Bengsch, Géraldine – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2019
This article is based on an analysis of the treatment of the European Union in a sample of textbooks from Germany and England. Following contextual remarks about civic education (politische Bildung) in Germany and citizenship education in England and a review of young people's views, we demonstrate that textbooks in Germany and in England largely…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Civics, Citizenship Education
Controversies and Generational Differences: Young People's Identities in Some European States
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Ross, Alistair – Education Sciences, 2012
This article explores how young people (aged 12-18) in the four Visegrad states of Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic are constructing their identities, particularly their sense of attachment to their country and to Europe. This generation is of particular significance, in that they are the first generation for many years to have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescent Attitudes, Self Concept, Nationalism
Developing Political Concepts and Skills in the Primary School.
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Ross, Alistair – Educational Review, 1984
Young children are capable of fairly sophisticated political concepts. If teachers were more aware of possibilities for early political education and had confidence in their ability to handle such areas, there would be scope for developing curriculum including elements of political education. (JOW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Political Attitudes, Political Socialization