Informal Learning of Active Citizenship at School An International Comparative Study in Seven European Countries /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Scheerens, Jaap. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Lifelong Learning Book Series ; 14
• Subjects: Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; International and Comparative Education.; Education (general).
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9621-1

Active citizenship is an objective of schooling in an increasingly complex context, in which social cohesion of the multicultural society is a cause for growing societal concern. International co-operation between European countries and a growing heterogeneity of the (school) populations of most Eur...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents Editorial by Series Editors
• Acknowledgements
• List of Contributors
• 1. Aims and Scope of the Study
• 2. A Conceptual Framework On Informal Learning Of Active Citizenship Competencies
• 3. Design Of The Case-Studies; Procedure And Content
• Part 1: Procedure; Instructions Provided To The Participating Countries
• Part 2: Operationalized Conceptual Framework; Check-Points For Data Collection
• Part 3 : Whom To Ask What
• Annex 1: Table of Correspondence
• Annex 2: Dimensions of citizenship
• 4. Cyprus
• 5. Denmark
• 6. England
• 7. Germany
• 8. Italy
• 9. Romania
• 10. The Netherlands
• 11. Recommendations And Consultation With Policy Makers
• 12. Conclusions
• Index.