Citizenship education in the Czech Republic with focus on participation of children at schools

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Citizenship education in the Czech Republic with focus on participation of children at schools

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article provides an analysis of citizenship education in the Czech schools with a special regard to participation of children at schools. For a better understanding of actual problems connected with realization of citizenship education, the text presents a brief history of citizenship education in today's Czech Republic and also summarizes conditions for successful citizenship education in general. Although citizenship education, which aims to improve democratic values, is enshrined in the national curriculum, which makes it in some form compulsory for every child, actual results of Czech pupils are not satisfactory. An international comparison reveals that their knowledge is slightly above the average, but their skills and attitudes are deeply below the average. Although schools are provided with freedom in the ways of teaching citizenship education, they mostly teach it in special lessons, only about half of the schools gives their children an opportunity to experience democracy in the school life and very rarely teachers involve pupils in activities out of school. The topic is marginalized on both school and national level, and much of the needed support for teachers willing to teach citizenship education in a participative way is provided by non-profit organizations that are not systematically supported and struggle with their own existence. Curricular documents declare the importance of education for democratic citizenship quite strongly, the situation at school is however not so bright.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Citizenship education in the Czech Republic with focus on participation of children at schools

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article provides an analysis of citizenship education in the Czech schools with a special regard to participation of children at schools. For a better understanding of actual problems connected with realization of citizenship education, the text presents a brief history of citizenship education in today's Czech Republic and also summarizes conditions for successful citizenship education in general. Although citizenship education, which aims to improve democratic values, is enshrined in the national curriculum, which makes it in some form compulsory for every child, actual results of Czech pupils are not satisfactory. An international comparison reveals that their knowledge is slightly above the average, but their skills and attitudes are deeply below the average. Although schools are provided with freedom in the ways of teaching citizenship education, they mostly teach it in special lessons, only about half of the schools gives their children an opportunity to experience democracy in the school life and very rarely teachers involve pupils in activities out of school. The topic is marginalized on both school and national level, and much of the needed support for teachers willing to teach citizenship education in a participative way is provided by non-profit organizations that are not systematically supported and struggle with their own existence. Curricular documents declare the importance of education for democratic citizenship quite strongly, the situation at school is however not so bright.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

AM - Pedagogika a školství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Pedagogika spoleczna

ISSN

1642-672X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

15

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2(60)

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

21

Strana od-do

111-131

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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