This book explores the relationships between education, lifelong learning and democratic
citizenship. It emphasises the importance of the democratic quality of the processes and …

In the context of the European Union Framework of Key Competences and the need to
develop indicators for European Union member states to measure progress made towards …

How might European higher education contribute to the promotion and development of
European citizenship? In this article, the author addresses this question through a critical …

Abstract The International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) studied the ways in
which countries prepare their young people to undertake their roles as citizens. ICCS was …

This article uses an educational effectiveness approach to model the impact of student,
school, and educational system characteristics on several cognitive and non-cognitive …

In this article we revisit and re‐analyse data from the 1999 IEA CIVED transnational study to
examine the factors associated with the ways in which young people learn positive attitudes …

In the European context Active Citizenship has been promoted within the education and
training Lisbon Strategy as a tool to support the continuation of democracy, human rights …

In 2008, the Italian government passed a law that introduced a new school subject:
Citizenship and Constitution. The law requires all students between the ages of 3 and 16 to …

Citizenship education has been the subject of growing attention in policy and academic
circles over the past 20 years. Citizenship education curricula have typically focused on …

Associated with global climate agreements and the European Union's focus on climate-
neutral goals by 2050, the development of Green Transformation competencies in society …