Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom

Citizenship education at secondary school level across the UK is taught in different ways: as a statutory subject in England and Northern Ireland; as a non-statutory subject in Wales; as a cross-curricular theme in Scotland. The educational approach is didactic and subject-based in England whereas w...

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Main Author: Anne Beauvallet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2016-07-01
Series:Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/727
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description Citizenship education at secondary school level across the UK is taught in different ways: as a statutory subject in England and Northern Ireland; as a non-statutory subject in Wales; as a cross-curricular theme in Scotland. The educational approach is didactic and subject-based in England whereas whole-school strategies and experiential learning have prevailed elsewhere. Citizenship education in Northern Ireland has stemmed from the need to establish a stable basis for peace. England, Wales and Scotland have considered it as a possible solution to the low participation of young people in politics but Wales and Scotland have also used CE to further their identities.
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spelling doaj-art-9d908a0c452141f8aaf94ff209909dce2025-08-20T02:34:10ZengCentre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation BritanniqueRevue Française de Civilisation Britannique0248-90152429-43732016-07-0121110.4000/rfcb.727Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United KingdomAnne BeauvalletCitizenship education at secondary school level across the UK is taught in different ways: as a statutory subject in England and Northern Ireland; as a non-statutory subject in Wales; as a cross-curricular theme in Scotland. The educational approach is didactic and subject-based in England whereas whole-school strategies and experiential learning have prevailed elsewhere. Citizenship education in Northern Ireland has stemmed from the need to establish a stable basis for peace. England, Wales and Scotland have considered it as a possible solution to the low participation of young people in politics but Wales and Scotland have also used CE to further their identities.https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/727ScotlandNorthern Irelandcitizenship educationEnglandWales
spellingShingle Anne Beauvallet
Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
Scotland
Northern Ireland
citizenship education
England
Wales
title Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom
title_full Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom
title_fullStr Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom
title_full_unstemmed Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom
title_short Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom
title_sort four nations going their own ways citizenship education in the united kingdom
topic Scotland
Northern Ireland
citizenship education
England
Wales
url https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/727
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