Education for Civic and Political Participation A Critical Approach [Hardcover]

Participation as an element of active citizenship in democracies is a key project of international and national educational policy. Institutionalized approaches for compulsory schools provide participatory access to all young European citizens. But does this picture depict the possibilities and practices of participation appropriately? Can this standard approach to participation be translated into action in view of diverse polities, policies, political cultures, institutions and practices of participation? This book explores what prerequisites must be given for a successful implementation of such a comprehensive international project.

Introduction: Critical Approaches to Education for Civic and Political Participation  Reinhold Hedtke and Tatjana Zimenkova  Part I: Taken-for-Grantedness and Hidden Normativity? Foundations and Framings of Participatory Education Policies  1. Dealing with Dissatisfaction: Role, Skills and Meta-Competencies of Participatory Citizenship Education  Detlef Sack  2. Active Citizenship as Harmonious Co-Existence? About the Political in Participatory Education  Tatjana Zimenkova  3. Who is Afraid of a Non-Conformist Youth? The Right to Dissent and to Not Participate  Reinhold Hedtke  Part II: Ambitious Policies, Ambiguous Practices? Approaches and Impacts of Participatory Education in Schools and Beyond  4. Policy Approaches to Quality of Citizenship Education by European Intergovernmental Organisations  Herman Josef Abs and Sarah Werth  5. Motivated by Education or Encouraged by Opportunities? A Comparative Perspective on Knowledge and Participation Nexus
Anu Toots  6. Putting Participation into Practice: Re-Evaluating the Implementation of the CitizenshipCurriculum in England&al£¡