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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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2016-07-01
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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 |
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| title_short | Four Nations Going Their Own Ways? Citizenship Education in the United Kingdom |
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