EPALE focus: Active citizenship
EPALE’s thematic focus for May is active citizenship and the importance of citizenship education.
Here at EPALE we believe citizenship education is an important step towards healthy societies. It helps people learn about citizenship and human rights through an understanding of the principles and institutions in their country. Citizenship education can make learners become active citizens. It helps them to exercise their judgement and critical thinking, develop a sense of individual and community responsibilities, and get involved in their local communities and democracy at all levels.
Check out some of the many blog posts and resources that EPALE’s members and national teams have uploaded and stay tuned for new content throughout May:
Blog articles
- European perspectives on citizenship education (EN, DE, SK, LV, NL)
- Adult Education and Citizenship in Post Conflict Societies (EN, DE, FR, IT, PL, ES)
- Brexit and its implications for Citizenship Education across Europe (EN, DE, ET, FR)
- Citizenship – more than public participation and empty EU phrases (EN, DE, FR)
- What is the situation concerning Active Citizenship Education in the European Union? A reflection based on the Grundtvig and Europe for Citizens programmes (EN, DE, FR)
- Learning to Live with Difference - developing adult learning approaches in Northern Ireland (EN, FR, DE)
- Learning and civic engagement (DE, EN, FR)
- What do adult education and Martin Luther King have in common? (EN, SL)
- Informal learning projects to promote active citizenship (EN, DE)
- New KA2 project: LQN promotes active citizenship for rural development and a better quality of life (EN)
- Lifelong Learning Week: 6 lessons learnt about migrant education and citizenship (EN)
- Erasmus + KA2. Understanding Media for Active Citizenship (UMAC): What is Media really telling us (EN)
- What remains of 2015? What is coming in 2016? (EN,DE, PL)
- Where is digital civic adult education? (EN, DE)
- NECE – Networking European Citizenship Education – International exchange to encourage the advancement of civic education (EN, DE)
Resources
- Citizenship Education in Europe
- Civic education: Case studies
- EAEA Grundtvig Award 2013. Active citizenship and transnational solidarity – Adult Education as a tool against nationalism, chauvinism and xenophobia
- Monitoring Education for Global Citizenship: A Contribution to Debate
- ACTIVE Project Active Citizenship
- Promoting citizenship and the common values of freedom, tolerance and non-discrimination through education
- Education for Active Citizenship
- Citizenship, democracy and lifelong learning
- European Passport to Active Citizenship (EPTAC)
- Outreach Empowerment Diversity: Policy Recommendations
