PRIMARY TEACHERS HAVE OVERRUN THE EXIST CIVIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN SLOVAKIA

• Authors: Danišková Zuzana , Lukšík Ivan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A number of studies have pointed to the low level of civic participation among young people. On the other hand, there is a section of the youth population that is politically involved in and supportive of extremist and anti-system political movements. Public discussions have suggested that this may be linked to inadequacies in citizenship education. However, as the Slovak case shows, the causes of this are deeper, have historic roots and are reflected in the fact that citizenship education has been pushed to the margins of the curriculum and is narrowly interpreted. Citizenship education is not just about the nature of the curriculum but also about broader extra-curricular activities and about the direct, or implicit, instruction provided by teachers. The empirical research presented here shows that primary school teachers go beyond the narrow framework of the national social studies syllabus and implicitly teach citizenship education in line with their own civic orientations.

Keywords

EN

CITIZENSHIP; EDUCATION; SOCIAL STUDIES; SLOVAKIA

• Publisher: Faculty of Education, Trnava University
• Journal: Pedagogický časopis (Journal of Pedagogy)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 59 – 75

Contributors

author

Danišková Zuzana

• Trnava University, Department of School Pedagogy, Priemyselná 4, 918 43 Trnava, Slovak Republic

author

Lukšík Ivan

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/jped-2017-0009