Making Citizens, Being European? European Symbolism in Slovenian Citizenship Education Textbooks

Autor/inn/en	Banjac, Marinko; Pušnik, Tomaž
Titel	Making Citizens, Being European? European Symbolism in Slovenian Citizenship Education Textbooks
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 45 (2015) 5, S.748-771 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2014.916972
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Self Concept; Textbooks; Secondary School Students; Workbooks; Content Analysis; Role; Educational Change; Social Change; Social Systems; National Curriculum; Educational Policy; Illustrations; Semiotics; European Union; Slovenia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Ausland; Selbstkonzept; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Sekundarschüler; Arbeitsbuch; Inhaltsanalyse; Rollen; Bildungsreform; Sozialer Wandel; Social system; Soziales System; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildliche Darstellung; Semiotik; Slowenien
Abstract	Citizenship education has been an important part of the European Union's (EU) agenda to integrate a European dimension into schools' curricula. The usage of European symbolism in citizenship education curriculum material has been an especially important (yet understudied) means not only to promote a distinct European identity and increase knowledge on EU-related topics, but also to regulate (young) EU citizens and population. The paper analyses the content related to the EU and European dimension in citizenship education textbooks and workbooks at the lower-secondary school level in Slovenia. It demonstrates that, through diverse symbolic displays, which are understood as a specific governmental technique, the idea of a European community as a site of opportunities is promoted while students are stimulated to understand themselves as subjects who must be active and responsible EU citizens. Moreover, European symbolism is employed to nurture and promote Slovenian identity as being purely European and, as such, distinct from earlier Balkan-situated, Yugoslav and socialist forms of identity and belonging. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01