CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN POLISH AND GERMAN SCIENTIFIC DISCOURSE – SELECTED THREADS

Ewa PRZYBYLSKA¹, Danuta WAJSPRYCH²

Publication language: English

Journal article

Transformations No. 4 (119) 2023,  Publication date: 29 December 2023

Article No. 20231229135044158

Keywords: citizenship education, citizenship, democracy, civil society

Abstract This article reflects on the shape of contemporary citizenship education in Po-land, against the background of the characteristics of political/citizenship education in the Federal Republic of Germany. Concomitantly addressed are the questions about the opportunities for development and threats to civic competencies in a democratic state, and what inspirations the German experience could provide for shaping a model of domestic citizenship education. The reconstruction of the concept of citizenship education in both countries refers to categories such as the ethos of citizenship education, minimalist and maximalist citizenship, social participation and democracy.

1. professor in the Department of Pedagogy, Institute of Sociological Sciences and Pedagogy, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

   ORCID: 0000-0001-8338-5484

   E-mail: ewa_przybylska@sggw.edu.pl

2. profesor, University WSB Merito in Gdańsk, Poland

   ORCID: 0000-0001-7555-1032

   E-mail: danuta.wajsprych@gdansk.merito.pl

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